Studying Unit 12 Flashcards
taxonomy
system of naming and classifying organisms
negatives of using common names
the organism descriptions may be inaccurate, some are used for many species, some have more than one common name, language barrier
broadest to most specific classification
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
taxon
a group used in biological classification
what are organisms grouped based on
cell type, cell structure, number of cells, nutrition
3 domains
bacteria, eukarya, archaea
archaea and ex 5
prokaryotes, unicellular, most are heterotrophs, extremophiles, thermophiles in hot springs
bacteria and ex 4
prokaryotes, unicellular, can be autotroph or heterotroph, E. coli
eukarya and ex 4
eukaryotic, unicellular or multicellular, autotroph or heterotroph, plants
4 kingdoms of eukarya
protista, fungi, plantae, anamalia
protista and ex 3
found in water/moist areas, microscopic, amoeba/algae
fungi and ex 4
multicellular, decomposer, heterotroph, mushroom/mold
plantae and ex 4
multicellular, cell walls, autotrophs, oak tree
anamalia and ex 3
multicellular, heterotroph, lion
phylum and ex
related classes, cordata
class and ex
related orders, mammals
order and ex
related families, meat eaters
family and ex
related genus, all bears
genus and ex
related species, ursus
species
specific organisms
who was the first to classify organisms and how
aristotle; structural similarities and complexities
what was wrong with aristotle’s classification
little evidence to support complexity levels, did not account for evolution
extant
currently existing and extinct organims
who developed binomial nomenclature
linnaeus
