Categories
Domains
Kingdoms
Scientific Names
Multicellularity
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?

4

100
What is the 2 word system for naming organisms?
binomial nomenclature
100

What is a temporary collection of cells that comes together for a period of time, then separates?

aggregation

200
What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?
domain
200
Name the 3 domains.
Archae, Bacteria, Eukarya
200

Name the 4 Kingdoms.

Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista

200
What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?
taxonomy
200
What is the process by which cells become specialized in form and function?
differentiation
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
What is a distinct group of cells with similar structure and function?
tissue
400
What is the category that contains many similar phyla?
kingdom
400
What domain contains very extreme bacteria, 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
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.
400
What are the specialized structures that similar tissues are organized into?
organs
500
What is the category that contains many similar families?
order
500
What domain contains bacteria that we may encounter, such as E. coli?
Bacteria
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
What is an organism that results from interbreeding between two species? (Hint: This organism is often sterile, like a mule.)
a hybrid
500
What is the only domain to contain multicellular organisms?
Eukarya
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