Classification SG Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Taxonomy | -is the branch of science that groups and names organisms |
Aristotle | -the first taxonomist |
Linnaeus | -was considered the father of taxonomy and created the binomial nomenclature |
Binomial Nomenclature | -a name that contains just a genus and species |
7 groups in the classification system | -kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species |
Scientific name of a human being | -homo sapien |
What is the modern classification system based on? | -based on the 7 levels |
What is a dichotomous key and why do scientists use them | -a classification tool used to find the scientific name of certain species |
What are the six kingdoms of living things? | - archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals |
Prokaryote | -organisms who lack a nucleus |
Eukaryote | -unicellular prokaryotes |
Autotroph | -organisms that preform their own photosynthesis |
Heterotroph | -organisms that ingest food |
What kingdoms includes organisms that are autotrophs | -eubacteria, protists, and archaebacteria |
What kingdoms include organisms that are heterotrophs? | -eubacteria, protista, fungi, and animal |
Unicellular | -one cell |
Multicellular | -many cells |
Kingdoms that include unicellular | -fungi (yeast) and protists |
Kingdoms that include multicellular organisms | -fungi/plant/animal |
What kingdom include organisms that can move around? | -animals, protists, archaebacteria,eubacteria |
Why are bacterial organisms separated into two different kingdoms? | - because there are two types of fungi, (chemical makeup and living enviornment |
5 characteristics of all living organisms | - movement metabolism growth response reproduction |
Stimulus | -any change in the enviornment that produces a resoponse |
Response | -some action or movement in the organism |
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