Characteristics 1
An organism is heterotrophic, multicellular, and has a cell wall it must belong to which kingdom?
Plantae (Plants)
How many more taxons did modern scientists add to the five taxons of classification established by Linne?
2
In modern classification, the animal kingdom is divided into phyla. The plant kingdom is divided into
Divisions
The Genus and Species make up the _______ name
Scientific
Any organism that is Eukaryotic has a
Nucleus
Organisms that eat other items are known as
Heterotophs
Who is the godfather of Taxonomy?
Carl Von Linne
What field of biology deals with classifying organisms?
Taxonomy
Why do scientists use the scientific name for organisms rather than using the common name?
Autotroph
What are the 3 characteristics for Animal kingdom
Multicellular, Eukaryotic, Heterotroph
The variety in living organisms is called
Biodiversity
The third smallest taxon of classification is
Families
What is binomial nomenclature?
Two name naming system
This Kingdom only has Unicellular organisms
Moneran
Amoebas and Algae belong to which kindom?
Protists
A category into which related organisms are placed is called a
Taxon
In classification, genera that are similar are placed in families, similar families are placed in orders, what are similar phyla placed in?
Kingdoms
A European Crab Apple is know as Malus sylvestris, What taxonomy level does "Malus" belong to?
Genus
Molds and yeasts belong to what kingdom
Fungi
This kingdom has prokaryotic
Monerans
Organisms
A diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among organisms is called a
Phylogenetic Tree
From their scientific names, Zea mays and Allium cepa, you know that the two organisms are
In different Genera (Genus)
Monerans are made up of what type of organisms?
Bacteria