Taxon
Domains
Kingdoms
Scientific Names
Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes
100

What are the 8 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest?

domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

100

How many different domains are there?

3

100

How many different kingdoms are there?

6

100

What is the 2 word system for naming organisms?

binomial nomenclature

100

Explain the phrase: Pro NO, EU DO!

Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus

Eukaryotes do have a nucleus

200

What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?

domain

200

Name the 3 domains.

Archae, Bacteria, Eukarya

200

Name the 6 Kingdoms.

Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Arachaebacteria, and Eubacteria

200

What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?

taxonomy

200

Match the words listed to Eukaryote or Prokaryote: Complex, Simple, Large, Small

E: large, complex

P: small, simple

300

What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?

species

300

What domain are humans and other animals in?

Eukarya

300

What is the only kingdom where all members have cells that lack cell walls completely?

animal

300

What two words make up a scientific name? (What is the first word and what is the second word?)

genus and species

300

Identify the six kingdoms of life as either pro- or eukaryotes.

Pro: Archaebacteria,  Eubacteria

Eu: Animal, Plant, Fungi, Protists

400

If organisms belong to the same Order then they also belong to the same ______(4 taxa).

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class

400

What domain contains prokaryotic organisms that live in extreme environments, whose names often end in -phile?

Archaea

400

Name 2 differences between plants and fungi.

plants are autotrophs, fungi are heterotrophs; plant cell walls have cellulose, fungi cell walls have chitin

400

What is the difference between common and scientific names?

Common are based on location

Scientific are known universally and are in Latin 

400

Which kingdom contains unicellular eukaryotes?

Protists

500

Which taxa identifies the most closely related organisms?

Genus

500

What domain contains bacteria that we may encounter, such as E. coli?

Bacteria

500

Name 2 differences between kingdoms Arcahebacteria and Eubacteria.

Eubacteria: common, cause most illnesses, pepto. In cell wall

Archaebacteria: extremophiles, ancient, no pepto

500

On your white board, write out the following scientific name in proper notation: genus: pongo species: maritimus

Pongona vitticeps (underlined/italics)

500

What is found in both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells?

Cell membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes, DNA

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