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Ch. 9 Classification and Kingdoms

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Classification   The division of organisms into groups, or classes, based on specific characteristics  
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Taxonomy   the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms  
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Genus   The first part of the scientific name, begins with a capital letter  
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Species   The second part of the scientific name, begins with a lower case letter- any organism that can mate and produce fertile offspring  
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Binomial nomenclature   Two part name, genus and species  
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Taxonomic/Dichotomous Key   Give two pairs of statements to identify an organism  
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Six Kingdoms   Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia  
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Archaebacteria   Unicellular, Prokaryote, Autotrophic, Heterotropic, Asexual, Sexual-conjugation, found in extreme environments  
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Bacteria/Eubacteria   Unicellular, Prokaryote, Autotrophic, Heterotropic, Asexual, Sexual-conjugation, examples are strep, E. Coli, Salmonella  
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Protists- plant, animal, fungus like   Mostly unicellular, multicellular (some form colonies), Eukaryote, Hetrotrophic, Asexual and sexual, examples are amoeba, alge, protozans  
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Fungi   unicellular, multicellular (mostly), eukaryote, hetrotrophic, asexual (budding) sexual (spores), examples are molds, mildew, yeast  
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Plants   multicellular, eukaryote, autrotrophic, Repoduction is Sporophyte and Gametophytes, examples are Novascular, Vascular, Flowering, Cone Bearing  
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Animals   Multicellular, Eukaryote, Hetrotrophic, most sexual (internal and external) some asexual, examples are vertebrates and invertebrates  
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What are the 3 Domains   Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya  
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Archaea Domain   prokaryotes (most of which are known to live in extreme environments) that are distinguished from other prokaryotes by differences in their genetics and in the makeup of their cell wall;  
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Bacteria Domain   extremely small, single-celled organisms that usually have a cell wall and that usually reproduce by cell division (singular, bacterium)  
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Eukarya Domain   in a modern taxonomic system, a domain made up of all eukaryotes; this domain aligns with the traditional kingdoms Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia  
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What are the 8 classification levels?   Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species  
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