Taxonomy
The scientist known as the "Father of Modern Taxonomy."
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
These are the three modern domains used by scientists today.
What are Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya?
Plants that have tubes to transport water and nutrients are called this.
What are vascular plants?
Tiny organisms often found in yogurt belong to this kingdom.
What is Kingdom Bacteria?
An organism that makes its own food using sunlight belongs to this nutritional category.
What is an autotroph?
The naming system that gives each organism two names (genus and species).
Answer: What is binomial nomenclature?
Organisms that do NOT have a nucleus.
What are prokaryotes?
A plant that produces cones with seeds, like a pine tree.
What is a gymnosperm?
This kingdom includes yeast, mold, and mushrooms.
What is Kingdom Fungi?
An organism that must consume other organisms for energy.
What is a heterotroph?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek invented this tool to observe living things not easliy seen with the eye.
What is the microscope?
Organisms that DO have a nucleus and belong to the domain Eukarya.
What are eukaryotes?
A plant with two cotyledons.
What is a dicot?
Multicellular organisms that have chloroplasts and perform photosynthesis belong to this kingdom.
What is Kingdom Plantae?
These fungi are known for killing certain bacteria.
What is penicillia?
Scientists classify organisms for this main purpose and based on _______________.
What is to organize living things based on characteristics?
A unicellular organism that lives in extreme environments toxic to most life would belong to this domain.
What is Archaea?
A plant with one cotyledon and parallel veins in its leaves is classified as this.
What is a monocot?
A scientist discovers a multicellular organism with no cell walls that cannot make its own food. It most likely belongs to this kingdom — and why?
What is Kingdom Animalia, because animals are multicellular, lack cell walls, and are heterotrophs?
An autotrohpic organism might obtain energy through this process.
What is photosynthesis?
Binomial nomenclature is important to scientists for this reason.
What is to provide a universal naming system that avoids confusion from and ensures accurate communication?
Explain a major difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
What is the prokaryotes do not have a nucleus and eukaryotes do?
A flowering plant that produces fruit to contain seeds.
What is an angiosperm?
A scientists would look for these organelles in a cell to know if it was in Kingdom Animalia or Kingdom Plantae.
What are chlorplasts and a cell wall?
Humans are placed in Kingdom Animalia even though we are very different from many animals. Based on classification rules, explain why humans are classified as animals.
What is because humans are multicellular, heterotrophic, lack cell walls, and have specialized cells — all characteristics of animals?