Sorting it all out Flashcards
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Classification
the division of organisms into groups, or classes, based on specific characteristics.
Taxonomy
the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms.
Kingdom that humans belong to
house cat, brown bear, lion, bird beetle, and bobcat.
Phylum that humans belong to
bird, bobcat, lion, brown bear, and house cat.
Class that humans belong to
bobcat, lion, brown bear, house cat.
Order that humans belong to
none
Family that humans belong to
none
Genus that humans belong to
none
Species that humans belong to
none
Animalia
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms, which are heterotrophic, meaning they obtain nutrition from organic sources.
Chordata
chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.
Mammalia
Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪliə/ from Latin mamma “breast”), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.
Primate
the chief bishop or archbishop of a province.
Hominid
a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes.
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms.
Dichotomous Key
an aid that is used to identify organisms and that consists of the answers to a series of questions.
Domain
Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System. Any name registered in the DNS is a domain name.
Archaebacteria
a kingdom made up of bacteria that live in extreme environments.
Bacteria
a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
Protista
a kingdom of mostly one-celled eukaryotic organisms that are different from plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.
Fungi
a kingdom made up of nongreen, eukaryotic organisms that have no means of movement, reproduce by using spores, and get their surroundings and absorbing the nutrients.
Plantae
a kingdom made up of complex, multicellular organisms that are usually green, have cell walls made of cellulose, cannot move around, and use the sunś energy to make sugar by photosynthesis.
