Vocab pt. 1
The process of classifying plants and animals.
What is taxonomy?
True or false: The Eukarya domain usually consists of multicellular organisms.
What is true?
Slime molds and downy mildew are an example of this type of protist.
What are fungus-like protists?
Plants that have a water and nutrient transport system.
What are vascular plants?
The three domains used by scientists.
What are bacteria, archaea, and eukarya?
The two-part naming system that modern taxonomy uses involving the genus and species name.
What is binomial nomenclature?
True or false: Bacteria and Archaea are primarily prokaryote and unicellular.
What is true?
Algae and diatoms are examples of this type of protist.
What are plant-like protists?
________ have a single cotyledon and leaves with parallel veins. ________ have two cotyledons and leaves with branching veins.
What is monocot? What is dicot?
1. Organisms without cell nuclei.
2. Organisms with cell nuclei.
1. What are prokaryotes?
2. What are eukaryotes?
A plant's positive or negative involuntary reaction to a stimulus.
What is tropism?
These are the main differences between bacteria and archaea domains.
What are different cell structures and chemical composition?
Amoebas and paramecia are examples of this type of protist.
What are animal-like protists?
This type of plant's leaves are needles or scales.
What are gymnosperms?
Considered the "Father of Modern Taxonomy"
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
A sunflower turning toward the sun is an example of __________.
What is phototropism?
The scientist who first observed bacteria using a microscope he invented.
Who is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?
An amoeba creates a _________ by changing shape as it moves.
What is pseudopod?
This type of plant contains cotyledons, and can be either monocot or dicot.
What are angiosperms?
Roots growing downward is an example of ___________.
What is gravitropism?
What is a method of identifying organisms through a series of yes or no (true or false) questions?
______________ make their own food, while ___________ rely on an outside source for food.
What is autotroph? What is heterotroph?
Fungi known to kill certain bacteria.
What is penicillia?
Angiosperms typically have these types of leaves.
What is broad or flat?
An example of thigmotropism.
What is a leaf closing when touched?