WOOSE Flashcards
Describe Animalia
o Animalia – multicellular eukaryotes, obtain enrgy as ready made organic molecules by ingesting material from other organisms
Describe protocista
Protocista – singular eukaryotes that photosynthesise or feed organic matter from other sources but are not included in the other kingdoms
Desribe fungi
Fungi – multicellular eukaryote that absorb nutrients from decaying matter after external digestion
Describe plantae
Plantae – multicellular eukaryote, organisms that make their own organic molecules by photosynthesis
Define taxonomy
placing into groups based on shared features
What’s the order of hiearchy
• Hierarchy group o Kingdom o Phylum o Class o Order o Family o Genus o Species o All share on or more common features or homologies
Whats the binomial system
Genus and Species
What are the three domains?
Archaea, eucarya,bacteria
Archea and eucarya are most closely related
What is peer review?
Process of a journal being checked by a small group of other scientists to see if the data is reliable and if conclusions are valid
Adds weight to valid data and identifies data that’s invalid
Before publications
What are other types of peer review?
Scientific conference
What is the domain system based on?
RNA/DNA sequencing
What is critical evaluation?
After a journal is published, scientists can try to replicate data or produce more data
