Terms
The interconnectedness of living things is studied in this field.
What is Ecology?
The correct order of classification levels for living organisms.
These are the three primary methods of distinction within the kingdom Plantae. (either this or this)
What is:
1. Vascular vs. non-vascular
2. Seed producing vs. non-seed producing
3. Flowering vs. non-flowering
This is a thick, toxic, odorous, and sticky defense for conifers
This person developed a system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms.
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
Making specific conclusions based on
general principles.
What is Deduction (or deductive logic)?
This Kingdom is the most Numerous and Diverse
What is kingdom Monera?
This is the difference between a spore and a seed.
This group of plants has the greatest variety of species.
What are flowering plants (Magnoliophyta)?
This friend of Darwin's said, "We must learn what is TRUE in order to do what is RIGHT."
Who is Thomas Huxley?
These words describe how living bodies work.
Members of this kingdom are Saprobic.
This is the generation of plant that reproduces with spores.
What is the sporophyte generation?
These are the 3 main components of a Fungi.
What are Hyphae, Mycelium, Spore releasing structures (mushroom)?
He is credited with developing the rules of logic.
Making general conclusions on the basis of
observations or experiments
What is Induction (or inductive logic)?
This kingdom contains single-celled organisms that don't fit anywhere else as well as massive seaweeds.
What is kingdom Protista?
This is the generation of plant that reproduces sexually.
What is the gametophyte?
These are the two main types of fungi based on the structures their spores grow on.
What are basidia (stalks) and asci (sacks)?
This method of classification asks if they can produce viable offspring together (ie. young are not sterile, such as mules).
What is the Biological Species concept?
(I know it's not the right format) Algae is the ___ form of the word.
Plural.
These are the two primary identifying characteristics of the kingdom Plantae.
What are (almost all) Photosynthesis and Starchy Cell Walls?
This group is the exception to the rule of gametophytes being the smaller generation.
What are mosses?
Pollen cones release male gametophytes which fertilize the female counterpart in immature seed cones which later form true seeds which will grow the next sporophyte generation.
This method of classification distinguishes species based on physical characteristics.
What is the Morphological Species concept?