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Taxons
Domains Mostly
Kingdoms
Phyla and Classes
Life
100

How many domains are in the classification system?

3 domains

100

Name the 3 domains

eukarya, bacteria, archaea

100
How many different kingdoms are there?
6
100

Which animal phylum includes ALL the vertebrates?

Chordata

100

What do we call the removal of wastes from an organism?

Excretion

200

What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?

domain

200

What is a characteristic that BOTH bacteria and archaea share?

Both only form unicellular organisms, both are prokaryotic cells
200
Name the 6 Kingdoms.
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Arachaebacteria, and Eubacteria
200

Which group of arthropods have a head, thorax and abdomen, 3 pairs of legs and includes beetles, ants and termites?

insects

200

Which life process do most plants NOT perform?

Digestion

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

Which animal phylum includes invertebrate animals with exoskeletons made of chitin, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies?

Arthropoda

300

Which kingdom includes organisms that are considered the decomposers in the environment? 

Fungi

300

Spiders, scorpions, and ticks are all:

Arachnids

300

The job of the nervous system is:

Control and coordination

400

Which kingdoms are not made up of eukaryotic organisms?

kingdom eubacteria and kingdom archaeabacteria

400

What domain contains very extreme bacteria that can survive harsh environments?

Archaea

400

Which kingdom includes organisms that are all multicellular and whose cells contain chloroplasts, enabling them to make their own food? 

Plantae

400

Which animal phylum includes animals with tube feet, spiny skin, a hard internal skeleton, regenerative abilities, and 5-part radial symmetry?

Echinodermata

400

What are the four ways that animals are classified, and which is the most important?

Internal Structures, External Structures, Embryology, and Genetics (DNA)

DNA is king

500

What are the 8 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest?

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

500

Which animal phylum includes invertebrate animals that have specialized cells that help them filter water for food, lack true tissues and organs, and are sessile (attached to the sea floor)?

Porifera

500

What are five characteristics that all animals share in the animal kingdom?

  1. all multicellular. 

  2. no cell wall or chloroplasts.

  3. must consume energy

  4. require oxygen and water

  5. reproduce sexually

500

Which animal phylum includes invertebrate animals that have two body forms (polyp and medusa), stinging cells, and radial symmetry?

Cnidaria

500

What are three reasons taxonomy is important?

1. It helps keep track of all living things 

2. It makes it easier to study living things 

3. It helps assign organisms a universally accepted scientific name