Science Cards 11/16/15

Question 1

Classification

Answer 1

A category into which something is put.

Question 2

Taxonomy

Answer 2

The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms.

Question 3

Kingdom

Answer 3

The second highest taxonomic rank below domain.

Question 4

Phylum

Answer 4

A taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.

Question 5

Class

Answer 5

A taxonomic rank.

Question 6

Order

Answer 6

A taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes.

Question 7

Family

Answer 7

One of the eight major taxonomic ranks.

Question 8

Genus

Answer 8

A taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms in biology.

Question 9

Species

Answer 9

Group of closely related organisms that are very similar to each other and are usually capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.

Question 10

Animalia

Answer 10

The taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals.

Question 11

Chordata

Answer 11

Animals possessing a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail for at least some period of their life cycles

Question 12

Mammalia

Answer 12

Any members of a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles and birds by the possession of hair, three middle ear bones, mammary glands, and a neocortex.

Question 13

Primate

Answer 13

The chief bishop or archbishop of a province.

Question 14

Hominid

Answer 14

A primate of a family that includes humans and their fossil ancestors.

Question 15

Linnaeus

Answer 15

A Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature.

Question 16

Dichotomous Key

Answer 16

A tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish.

Question 17

Domain

Answer 17

A specified sphere of activity or knowledge.

Question 18

Archaebacteria

Answer 18

Microorganisms that are similar to bacteria in size and simplicity of structure but radically different in molecular organization. They are now believed to constitute an ancient intermediate group between the bacteria and eukaryotes.

Question 19

Bacteria

Answer 19

A large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms.

Question 20

Protista

Answer 20

Any of a diverse taxonomic group and especially a kingdom

Question 21

Fungi

Answer 21

Any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes unicellular microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as multicellular fungi that produce familiar fruiting forms known as mushrooms.

Question 22

Plantae

Answer 22

Multicellular eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.