Classifications Flashcards
(11 cards)
What are all the classifications in the Linnaean system?
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specific epithet
What do you write binomial nomanclature?
Genus specific epithet(in italics)
What is wrong with protesta?
It’s paraphyletic and polyphyletic
- everything has to be broken up and re done, or everything is protesta
What are the 7 lineages of Eukarya?
Rhizaria, alveolata, strampenopila, amoenozoa, opisthokonta, excavata, archaeplasta
What is opisthokonta?
A group that has both humans and fungi
What is archaeplasta?
Plants
What are the three domains?
Archea, bacteria, and eukarya
What are the original kingdoms that aren’t accurate anymore?
Plantae, fungi, animalia, monera, protesta
What is Scala naturae?
Hierarchy of living beings(this is not accurate we all evolved as modern species no one is better than another)
What were Darwin’s two observations?
Individual variation and over production of offspring
What were Darwin’s two inferences?
Unequal reproductive success and accumulation of favourable traits over time
