What is Zoology? Flashcards
1
Q
Who defined Zoology?
A
Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
2
Q
What did Robert H. Whitaker do for zoology?
A
Created the 5 kingdoms of life
3
Q
What are the five kingdom of life?
A
Kingdoms Fungi, Animalia, “Protista”, Plantae, “Monera”
4
Q
Kingdom Fungi is also called?
A
Mycology, studiers are called mycologists.
5
Q
What does Mycology study?
A
Mushrooms and yeast
6
Q
Zoology and zoologist are under which kingdom?
A
Kingdom Animalia
7
Q
Protozoology studies _____
A
unicellular eukaryotes
8
Q
Kingdom “Protista” has a study called _____
A
Protozoology
9
Q
Kingdom Plantae is ____
A
Botany
10
Q
Bacteriology and bacteriologists are under which kingdom?
A
Kingdom “Monera”
11
Q
1.5 million species
A
Kingdom Animalia
12
Q
310,000 species
A
Kingdom Plantae
13
Q
200,000 species
A
Kingdom “Protista”
14
Q
100,000 species
A
Kingdom Fungi
15
Q
8,000 species
A
Kingdom “Monera”
