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Domains
Kingdoms
Scientific Names
Misc
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

In the old system, How many different kingdoms are there?

5 (eventually six) 

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

What is the name for the group of organisms that are multicellular heterotrophs? 

Animals

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

Name the 5 Kingdoms.

Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Moneria (moneria then was split into Arachae & bacteria ... then Arachaebacteria and Eubacteria in the domain)

200

What is taxaonmy?

process of naming and classifying organisms?

200

What is the name for the group of organisms that are multicellular autotrophs? 

Plantae kingdoms

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

What domain and kindgom are humans are in?

Eukarya and animala 

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 does prokaryotic and eukaryotic mean? 

No nucleus in cells (prokaryotic)  has a nucleus (eukaryotic) 

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 kingdoms.

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 tool can be used to identify an organism?  

Taxonomic or dichotomous  key 

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

What does prokaryotic and binary fission mean?  Name the organisms that has these characteristicsin contains bacteria that we may encounter, such as E. coli?

No nucleus (prokarayotic) and one cell splits into two, each of those cells then split into two ect..  (binary fission)

These organisms were in kingdom monera (eventually placed in domain bacteria and archaea)  

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 / Mule

500

Use the taxonomic key to identify this organism

Fish