Domains and Kingdoms
The domain that contains all organisms with eukaryotic cells.
Eukarya
The two levels that make up the scientific name
Genus and Species
A tool that helps identify organisms by giving paired choices that lead to a name.
Organisms that break down dead matter and return nutrients to the environment.
Decomposer
A salamander is an __________________
amphibian
The two domains made up of prokaryotes.
Archea and Bacteria
The classification level that is more specific than Order but more general than Genus.
Family
The question you would ask to determine if an ocean organism is a fish or an arthropod.
Does it have a backbone?
Animals cannot make their own food, so they are ______________
Heterotrophs
This organism is in the kingdom protista and is unicellular. We watched it eat two parameciums.
Ameoba
The kingdom made up mostly of unicellular eukaryotes that can be autotrophs or heterotrophs.
Protists(protista)
In the hierarchy from broadest to most specific, this level comes just below Domain.
Kingdom
Annelids
The tissue in vascular plants that transports water.
Xylem
Animals with five similar structures extending from a central body (like a sea star) show this type of symmetry
Radial Symmetry
Multicellular, autotrophic kingdom that uses photosynthesis
Plant kingdom
The scientific name of a dog is Canis lupus. What is a dog's genus
Canis
Algea, Ameobas and parameciums belong to the kingdom ____________
Protists
The vascular tissue that moves food.
Phloem
Two attributes that identify an anemone as a cnidarian.
This kingdom has organisms that live in extreme environments.
Archaebacteria
What are the levels of classification from broadest to most specific?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
mammal
Where do echinoderms live?
on the ocean floor
An octopus has _____________ symmetry
Bilateral