Quiz 19 Flashcards
Friday
Field of biology that deals with identifying and classifying organisms.
Taxonomy
To put objects or ideas into groups on the basis of similarity.
Classify
What are the three biological classification criteria?
Number of cells, the presence of a nucleus and the mode of nutrition.
What are the eight taxons?
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
How many kingdoms are there and what are they?
6
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria
Which kingdoms are unicellular?
Archaebacteria, Protista, and Eubacteria
Which kingdoms are multicellular?
Animalia, Fungi, and Plantae
Which kingdoms are motile?
Animalia and Protista
Which kingdoms are prokaryotes?
Eubacteria and Archaebacteria
Which kingdoms are eukaryotes?
Animalia, Protista, Fungi, and Plantae
Which kingdoms are heterotrophs?
Animalia and Fungi
Which kingdoms are autotroph?
Plantae
Which kingdom is both autotroph and heterotroph?
Protista
Which two kingdoms use binary fission?
Archaebacteria and Eubacteria