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Kingdoms
Scientific Names
Cellularity
100

What are the 7 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest?

kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

100

A step-by-step way to identify an organism using paired descriptions. 

Dichotomous Key 

100
How many different kingdoms are there?
6
100
What is the 2 word system for naming organisms?
binomial nomenclature
100

Name the two Kingdoms that have no nucleus

Archaebacteria and Eubacteria 


200

What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?

kingdom

200

Developed classification based on structural similarities 

Carolus Linneaus 

200
Name the 6 Kingdoms.
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Arachaebacteria, and Eubacteria
200
What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?
taxonomy
200

Kingdom that can make their own food via photosynthesis

Plant


300
What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?
species
300

The evolutionary history of a species 

Phylogeny

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

Hardest Kingdom to classify, nicknamed junk drawer

Protists

400

What is the category that contains many similar class?

Phylum

400

Who developed the first recognized system of classification?

Aristotle

400

Name a difference between plants and fungi OR 2 examples of each. 

plants are autotrophs, fungi are heterotrophs;

400

Which taxon includes only organisms that can successfully interbreed? 

Species.

400

Kingdom that lives in the most extreme conditions, most environments are oxygen-free, prokaryotic 

Archaebacteria

500
What is the category that contains many similar families?
order
500

What does a fanlike diagram show that a cladogram does not?

Relative number of species in each group

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