Linnaeus
How organisms have traditionally been classified by
What is basic body structure?
Includes pines, spruces, firs, cedars, and redwoods
What are conifers?
A group that does not consist of a vascular plant
What is algae?
Tiny, hair-like threads on a moss that grow into the soil to absorb water and minerals
What are rhizoids?
A group of similar organisms that are all descended from a single group of originally created organisms
What is kind?
An oriental gymnosperm characterized by two-lobed, fan-shaped leaves
What is a ginkgo?
Includes algae that are sources of carrageenan and agar
What is red algae?
a group of fungi that includes yeast
What is sac fungi?
The scientific name of the loblolly pine is Pinus taeda. Taeda refers to this.
What is species?
Unusual gymnosperms that resemble palm trees
What are cycads?
The largest group of algae
What is green algae?
"moss-like plants" ex: mosses and liverworts
What is a bryophyte?
An organism that lives on or in another living organism and derives its nutrition from that organism
What is a parasite?
In the scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Ornithorhynchus refers to this
What is genus?
Living things have traditionally been grouped into kingdoms Animalia and this
What is plantae?
Algae that consists of kelps, rockwoods, and gulfweeds
What is brown algae?
An organism that obtains its nutrition from dead organisms
What is a saprophyte?
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
What is the classification of living things?
All nonflowering plants that produce seeds not covered by the walls of an ovary or better known as "naked seed"
What is a gymnosperm?
Algae that includes diatoms
What is yellow algae?
An organism that consists of a fungus and an algae in a symbiotic relationship
What is lichen?