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perpektibo (30 cards)
wut is taxonomi
science of classification of living things and a filling system
carolus linnaeus
father of taxonomy, made a practical and simple method of classification
john ray
taxonomist who made the modern definition of species
2 domains
eukarya and prokaryen
primary basis for classifying living things
body structure
name 6 kingdoms of taxonomi
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria
plantae
plants that make their own food through photosynthesis
Animalia
mutlicellular animals that can move and collect food
Fungi
plant-like organisms that do not make their own food
protista
mostly unicellular
archaebacteria
bacteria that live in extreme environments
eubacteria
true bacteria, including ones that cause diseases
stuff we need to remeber when doing scientific names
uses genus + species
genus is capitalized
only words (no spaces) are underlined or italicized
arrangement of taxonomy or sum
domains-kingdoms-phyla-classes-orders-families-genus-species
cell
fundamental and smallest unit of life, building blocks of life, come in diff shapes and sizes
cell theory 1
all livingg organisms are composed of one or more cells
cell theory 2
a cell is the basic structural and functional unit of living organisms
cell theory 3
all cells come from pre-existing cells
tell if prokaryotic or eukaryotic
contain nucleus
eukaryotes
tell if prokaryotic or eukaryotic
single or multicelled
eukaryotes
tell if prokaryotic or eukaryotic
oldest cell type
prokaryotes
tell if prokaryotic or eukaryotic
have multiple linear chromosomes
eukaryotes
tell if prokaryotic or eukaryotic
simple and small
prokaryotes
tell if prokaryotic or eukaryotic
singular circular chromosome
prokaryotes