Taxonomic Categories and Dichotomous Keys
Archaea and Bacteria
Protists and Fungi
Plants and Animals
Biodiversity
100
What is the first category that organisms can be sorted into (based on the 8 categories)?
Domain
100
This type of organism can survive in extreme conditions
Archaea
100
Name the three main classifications of protists
Animal - like
Plant - like
Fungus - like
100
What are the two main categories that plants are sorted into
Vascular and Nonvascular
100
What is biodiversity?
The variety of living organisms on Earth or within an ecosystem/ area.
200
Name the 3 domains organisms can be categorized into.
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryotes
200
What is the name given to the tail-like feature on a bacterium that helps it move?
Flagellum/ Flagella
200
True or False
Yeast is an example of a fungi.
True
200
Vascular seeds are sorted into two different phyla. What is the name given to the flowering (and fruiting) vascular plants?
Angiosperms
200
Name the 3 types of biodiversity
Species
Genetic
Ecosystem
300
This type of organisation uses a series of statements with two choices in each step.
Dichotomous key
300
True or False
Bacteria and Archaea are both unicellular
True
300
Lichen is a ___________ relationship between a protist (algae) and a fungus.
Symbiotic
300
What type of symmetry does the following organism have?
Bilateral symmetry
300
Which community has better species evenness? 
Community A
400
The statements of a dichotomous key only apply to the ________ traits of an organism.
Physical
400
Is archaea or bacteria more likely to be found living at the bottom of the ocean?
Archaea
400
This phyla of fungi is named after the fact that it has a stage within its lifecycle called a zygospore.
Zygomycota
400
What phyla of animals do mammals fall under?
Chordata
400
Which community has better species richness? 
They have the same species richness
500
As each group is split into smaller groups (while classifying) the organisms are more and more _________.
alike/ similar/ the same
500
True or False
Bacteria and archaea are all heterotrophs.
False
500
Sarcodines (like amoebas), are an example of an animal-like protist that uses _________ to move and trap food.
Pseudopods
500
Which of the following images shows radial symmetry? 
Lilies/ middle one/ flower
500
Define what the term biodiversity crisis means.
The decline in genetic, species and ecosystem diversity that may represent a mass extinction.