Categories
What are the 8 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest?
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
How many different domains are there?
3
How many different kingdoms are there?
5
What is the 2 word system for naming organisms?
binomial nomenclature
What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?
domain
Name the 3 domains.
Archae, Bacteria, Eukarya
Name the 5 Kingdoms.
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Bacteria (Monera)
What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?
taxonomy classification
What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?
species
What domain are humans and other animals in?
Eukarya
What is the only kingdom where all members have cells that lack cell walls completely?
animal
What two words make up a scientific name? (What is the first word and what is the second word?)
genus and species
What is the category that contains many similar phyla?
kingdom
What domain contains very extreme bacteria, whose names often end in -phile?
Archaea
Name some characteristics in relation to fungi Kingdom.
They are heterotrophic. They take their food from other living things. They are multicellular or unicellular.
NAME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MONERA kINGDOM
Microscopic beings. Unicellular, They live in different environments such as water, air, or soil
What is the category that contains many similar families?
order
What domain contains bacteria that we may encounter, such as E. coli?
Bacteria
Name 2 differences between the plant and animal kingdom.
plants are autotrophs, animals are heterotrophs; plants have a cell wall, animals do not
In the taxonomy group of Humans, what is the characteristics of the Phylumk
Humans are chordata. Dorsal supporting rod and nerve cord.