Categories
Domains
Kingdoms
Scientific Names
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
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
300
What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?
species
300
What domain are humans and other animals in?
Eukarya
300

What type of cell do plants have?

eukaryotic

300
What two words make up a scientific name? (What is the first word and what is the second word?)
genus and species
400
What is the category that contains many similar phyla?
kingdom
400

What domains have kingdoms with prokaryotic cells?

Archaea and bacteria

400

Why do archea and bacteria each have thier own domian if they are both prokaryotic.

Cells are different enough in other ways (genetic material and cell wall)
400
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.
500
What is the category that contains many similar families?
order
500

Why are there 3 different domains?

Differences in the cells

500
Name 2 differences between the plant and animal kingdom.
plants are autotrophs, animals are heterotrophs; plants have a cell wall, animals do not
500

Which 2 species are more closley related? How do you know?

Solitary Tinamou (Tinamus solitarius)

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Aves
  • Order: Palaeognathae
  • Family: Tinamidae
  • Genus: Tinamus
  • Species: Tinamus solitarius

Greater Rheas (Rhea americana)

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Aves
  • Order: Palaeognathae
  • Family: Rheidae
  • Genus: Rhea
  • Species: Rhea americana


Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Aves
  • Order: Psittaciformes
  • Family: Strigopidae
  • Genus: Strigops
  • Species: Strigops habroptilus

Tinamou and Rheas

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