Biology - classification

Question 1

State the characteristics of living things

Answer 1

Movement
Respiration
sensitivity
growth
reproduction
excretion
nutrition

Question 2

Define the term species

Answer 2

a group of organisms that reproduce to form fertile offspring

Question 3

What is the binomial system of naming a species

Answer 3

The first part of the name is the genus, the second part is the species e.g homo(genus) sapien(species)

Question 4

How are living organisms classified?

Answer 4

shared features or structures based on evolutionary relationships

Question 5

What are the Four eukaryotic kingdoms and a feature?

Answer 5

1. Animals (animalia) - heterotrophic
2. plants (plantae) - photosynthesis
3. Fungi (fungi) - decomposers
4. protoctista ( protista) - diverse nutrition

Question 6

What is a dichotomous keys?

Answer 6

A way of identifying an organism by giving you two descriptions at a time and asking you to choose between them ( dichotomous means branching)

Question 7

what are the main 2 phyla animals can be classified into?

Answer 7

veterbrates, and arthopods

Question 8

What are the main classes of veterbrates?

Answer 8

fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, mammel

Question 9

What is a veterbrate?

Answer 9

Are animals that have a backbone

Question 10

What is a arthropod?

Answer 10

are animals with jointed legs but not backbone

Question 11

What are the main classes of arthropod?

Answer 11

Insects, Crustaceans, Arachnids,
myriapods

Question 12

what are the main 2 phyla plants can be classified into?

Answer 12

Flowering plants (angiosperms), Ferns

Question 13

What can flowering plants be divided into?

Answer 13

monocots and dicots.

Question 14

What is the main difference between monocots and dicots?

Answer 14

monocots have one cotyledon (seed leaf) and in multiples of 3, while dicots have two cotyledons and in multiples of 5.

Question 15

What is the difference between between a flowering plant and a fern?

Answer 15

Flowering plants reproduce with seeds and flowers, while ferns reproduce with spores.

Question 16

What is the order of life?

Answer 16

don’t kiwi play cricket on flat green surfaces - Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 17

What does the order demonstrate?

Answer 17

Number of individuals getting smaller, largest to smallest (the top is the most)

Question 18

What does morphology mean?

Answer 18

overall size, shape, and structure of organism

Question 19

What does anatomy mean?

Answer 19

detailed body structure

Question 20

What does DNA mean?

Answer 20

looks at similarities and differences in DNA sequences between organisms

Question 21

Name the five kingdoms of life

Answer 21

animals, plants, fungi, protoctists, bacteria

Question 22

What does eukaryotic and prokaryotic mean?

Answer 22

Eukaryotic - have a nucleus in the cell
Prokaryotic - don’t have nucleus

Question 23

What major group is not put in the kingdom?

Answer 23

Viruses

Question 24

What kingdoms are eukaryotic and prokaryotic?

Answer 24

Eukaryotic - plants, animals, fungi, and protoctists
Prokaryotic - bacteria

Question 25

How do animals, fungi and plants store their carbohydrate?

Answer 25

plants - starch fungi, animals - glycogen

Question 26

What are viruses surrounded in?

Answer 26

a protein coat

Question 27

What is classification based on?

Answer 27

studies of morphology and anatomy

Question 28

What is used the most to classify organisms?

Answer 28

DNA sequences are used most to classify organisms accurately

Question 29

What are the 3 domains and what do you put in the test?

Answer 29

bacteria, archea, put eukarya