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In the old system, How many different kingdoms are there?
5 (eventually six)
What is the name for the group of organisms that are multicellular heterotrophs?
Animals
Name the 5 Kingdoms.
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Moneria (moneria then was split into Arachae & bacteria ... then Arachaebacteria and Eubacteria in the domain)
What is taxaonmy?
process of naming and classifying organisms?
What is the name for the group of organisms that are multicellular autotrophs?
Plantae kingdoms
What domain and kindgom are humans are in?
Eukarya and animala
What is the only kingdom where all members have cells that lack cell walls completely?
animal
What does prokaryotic and eukaryotic mean?
No nucleus in cells (prokaryotic) has a nucleus (eukaryotic)
Name 2 differences between plants and fungi kingdoms.
plants are autotrophs, fungi are heterotrophs; plant cell walls have cellulose, fungi cell walls have chitin
How can you tell if two things are definitely two different species? (Hint: What is the definition of biological species?)
Two different species cannot successfully interbreed or reproduce together.
Taxonomic or dichotomous key
What does prokaryotic and binary fission mean? Name the organisms that has these characteristicsin contains bacteria that we may encounter, such as E. coli?
No nucleus (prokarayotic) and one cell splits into two, each of those cells then split into two ect.. (binary fission)
These organisms were in kingdom monera (eventually placed in domain bacteria and archaea)
Name 2 differences between the plant and animal kingdom.
plants are autotrophs, animals are heterotrophs; plants have a cell wall, animals do not
What is an organism that results from interbreeding between two species? (Hint: This organism is often sterile, like a mule.)
a hybrid / Mule
Use the taxonomic key to identify this organism
Fish