How many different kingdoms are there?
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
How many domains and what are their names
Archae, Bacteria, and Eukarya
3 domains
Who first discovered evolution by natural selection by looking at animals on the Galapagos Islands and having knowledge of selective breeding?
Charles Darwin
What is the overall shape of DNA?
What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?
domain
Name one of the 6 kingdoms
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
What is taxonomy?
The science of classifying and naming organisms
What is selective breeding?
a process where humans intentionally choose organisms with desired traits to reproduce, leading to offspring inheriting those traits and, over time, the development of new varieties or breeds.
Where is DNA located within the cell?
inside the nucleus
Name the 3 domains
Archae, Bacteria, EukaryA
What are prokaryotes?
Has no nucleus
Kingdom which includes molds, mushrooms, and yeast; they digest food outside their bodies and then absorb it.
FUNGI!!!
Why is variation within a population is necessary for evolution?
higher chance survival
What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?
TAXONOMY
Name 1 difference between plants and fungi.
PLANTS ARE AUTOTROPHS FUNGI ARE NOT
Organisms that have 1 cell
UNICELLULAR
The broadest or biggest grouping taxonomists use for organisms.
DOMAIN
In what manner does natural selection change a population over time?
Natural selection makes the population better fit to its environment
What domain contains very extreme bacteria, whose names often end in -phile?
EXTREMOPHILE
What domain contains bacteria that we may encounter, such as E. coli?
BACTERIA
What IS ONE CHARACTERISTIC OF eukaryotes?
has a nucleus
Kingdom which includes organisms that live in extreme environments such as: high salinity, low oxygen concentrations, high temperatures, and 'cow farts'.
ARCHAE
Kingdoms that includes fish, worms, spiders, lizards, grasshoppers, and humans.
ANIMALIA KINGDOM
What is the only domain to contain multicellular organisms?
EUKARYA
Classifications of taxonomy in order; all 8 of them.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species