Taxonomy & Kingdoms Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
abiotic | non-living factor in the environment (air, water, sun) |
biotic | living or dead factor in the environment (cricket, feather, bone) |
homeostasis | maintaining an internal balance in your system |
stimuli | a response to a factor in the environment |
unicellular | one cell |
multicellular | more than one cell |
prokaryote | cell with no nucleus; bacteria |
eukaryote | cell with a nucleus |
heterotroph | organism that consumes food; has to eat others |
autotroph | makes its own food; photosynthesis |
motile | movement |
immobile | cannot move |
archaebacteria | prokaryotic, unicellular, extreme environments |
eubacteria | prokaryotic, unicellular neutral environments |
protista | eukaryotic, mostly unicellular, amoebas, paramecium, euglena, mainly live in water |
fungi | eukaryotic, cell walls of chitin, heterotrophic, decomposers |
plantae | eukaryotic, cell walls of cellulose, autotrophic, chloroplasts, multicellular |
animalia | eukaryotic, no cell walls, no chloroplasts, multicellular, heterotrophic, sexual reproduction |
eukarya, archae, bacteria | 3 types of domains |
archaebacteria, eubacteria, Protista, fungi, plantae, animalia | 6 types of kingdoms |
archaebacteria and eubacteria | kingdoms that are prokaryotic |
Protista, fungi, plantae, and animalia | kingdoms that are eukaryotic |
bionomial nomenclature | 2-word naming system |
genus & species | make up the scientific name |
DKPCOFGS | Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species (Dear Kingdom Philip Came Over For Good Soup) |
domain | broadest, most inclusive category; least specific; only 3 |
species | least inclusive, most specific; millions of types in the world |
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