The study of life, Classification Flashcards
What classifies something as being a living organism? (8)
- made up of cells
- reproduce
- Based on universal genetic code(DNA)
- grow and develop
- obtain and use energy
- respond to their environment
- maintain internal stability
- Change over time
All living things ____ certain characteristics
All living things share certain characteristics
One cell; single-celled
Unicellular
Many-celled
multicellular
Asexual
reproduction from one single parent, basically cloning
Sexual
reproduction from two parents, combining dna from each
DNA uses the same basic code, the letters:
A, T, C, G
organisms do what over time?
Increase in size
What do organisms do over the course of their lifetime?
Develop
What do organisms need a constant supply of, in order to survive
Energy
Stimuli
Internal or external signal to which an organism responds too
equilibrium in environment
homeostasis
populations are always
changing
changes become what after millions of years?
Signiifcant
Biosphere
everywhere life exists
Biodiversity
variety of life
Carl Linnaeus did what
developed a system of naming and classifying organisms known as Linnaean system
what made the linnaean system so successful
- Taxonomic groups
- Binomial nomenclature
Group of organisms in the classification system is called
Taxon or (plural) taxa
what are the taxas in order?
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
which taxon is most general
Domain
which taxon is most specific
Species
international system for naming organisms
Binomial Nomenclature
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two name naming system
what is the format for writing scientific names in binomial nomenclature
- Latin or Greek
- Genus capitalized, species lowercase
- either underlined or italicized
