Aristotle and Linneaus
Who was the first scientist to classify living things?
Aristotle
Are humans unicellular or multicellular?
multicellular
What type of consumer eats dead organisms to obtain food and recycles the decaying matter back into the environment?
decomposer
Bacteria, Archae, and Eukarya
How many Kingdoms are there?
5
How did Aristotle divide all organisms? (what categories)
Are humans prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
Eukaryotic
A detritivore is another name for a _____. Vultures are examples of these types of consumers
scavenger
List the 4 Kingdoms of the domain Eukarya
plants, animals, fungi, protists
Are bacteria unicellular or multicellular?
Why was Aristotle's system of classification finally replaced?
What is another word for autotroph and what does it mean?
producer, produce their own energy using sunlight
What's the difference between a carnivore and an herbivore? Give an example of each.
Carnivore only eats meat, herbivore only eats plants. Carnivore: owls, herbivore: rabbits
How do Kingdom plantar obtain energy?
autorophic, producers
True or False.
The animal kingdom are eukaryotic, multicellular producers that reproduce asexually and have motility
False, they are consumers
How many years was Aristotle's system of classification in place?
How do heterotrophs obtain energy?
The consume other organisms for energy
What is an omnivore?
Omnivores eat both plants and animals.
What is the main difference in how plants and fungi obtain energy?
plants create their own food
How do kingdom protista obtain their energy
They can be autotrophs, decomposers, or heterotrophs
List the 8 levels of classification.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
List the types of heterotrophs
decomposers, scavengers, omnivores, carnivores and herbivores
List the 5 types of consumers
herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, scavengers, decomposers
What kingdom has the nick name "leftovers" or "junk drawer" and why?
Protista because any organisms that does not fit into other kingdoms is put in this kingdom
What is the one main difference between kingdom archaebacteria and eubacteria?
Archaebacteria are only found in harsh environments (volcanoes, hot geysers)