Classification
The system of naming organisms.
What is nomenclature?
The three shapes of bacteria.
What are coccus, bacillus, and spirillum?
Unicellular or colonial organisms that are eukaryotic and contain both autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms.
What are protists?
The study of fungi.
What is mycology?
The two characteristics that divide the Kingdom Plantae into their three groups.
What are presence or absence of vascular tissue and seeds?
The 7 levels of the classification system in order.
What are Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species?
The main beneficial function of bacteria in nature.
What is decomposition?
Sarcodines use pseudopods to carry out this type of movement?
What is amoeboid movement?
An example of a destructive fungi.
What is mold? Or a disease-causing fungus?
Woody, perennial, seed producing plants that do not have seed coverings.
What are gymnosperms?
The science of classifying organisms.
What is taxonomy?
Organisms that feed off dead or decomposing materials.
What are saprophytic organisms?
The phylum that includes the Paramecium.
What is Ciliophora?
Long, branching thread like filaments found in mold.
What are hyphae?
The group of flowering plants that have netted venation and a tap root.
What are dicots?
The dead language used in classification.
What is Latin?
A layer of polysaccharides that coats a bacteria.
What is a capsule?
A rapid rise in the microscopic algae in an aquatic environment.
What is an algal bloom?
Structures that anchor a fungus to the surface it is growing on.
What are rhizoids?
The structure that connects the blade to the stem.
What is the petiole?
The two parts of the classification system used in naming organisms.
What are genus and species?
The main type of asexual reproduction found in unicellular organisms.
What is binary fission?
The base of the food chain composed of protozoans, algae, and other microscopic organisms in the ocean.
What is plankton?
The characteristic that divides fungus into their separate phyla.
What is their means of sexual reproduction?
Growth found at the tips of roots and stems that results in an elongation of the root or stem.
What is primary growth?