Classification Flashcards
What does classification mean?
Classification means grouping things by their features and characteristics.
What is the largest group in classifying organisms?
Kingdoms
What is the smallest group in classifying organisms?
Species
What is the order of the groups in which organisms are classified into from smallest to largest?
Species Genus Family Order Class Phylum Kingdom
What is the mnemonic to remember the groups of classification in the right order from largest to smallest?
Keep Ponds Clean Or Frogs Get Sick
What are the 5 kingdoms of organisms?
Animalia Plantae Fungi Protoctista Prokaryotae
What are the features and characteristics of the animalia kingdom?
- Multicellular
- Cells have no cell walls
- No chlorophyll in cells
- Feed heterotrophically
What does it mean if an organism feeds heterotrophically?
It eats other organisms
What are the features and characteristics of the plantae kingdom?
- Multicellular
- Cells have cell walls
- Cells contain chlorophyll
- Feed autotrophically
What does it mean if an organism feeds autotrophically?
They make their own food
What are the features and characteristics of the fungi kingdom?
- Multicellular
- Cells have no cell walls
- Cells contain no chlorophyll
- Feed saprophytically
What does it mean if an organism feeds saprophyticaly?
They digest food outside the body
What are the features and characteristics or the protoctista kingdom?
- Mostly unicellular
- Nucleus in cell
What are the features and characteristics of the kingdom prokaryotae?
- Unicellular
- No nucleus in cells
What organism is the prokaryotae kingom mainly made of?
Bacteria
