Classification
What is the basic taxonomic category?
A species
Name one famous science involved in historical classifications of living things.
Aristotle, Robert H. Whittaker, Lynn Margulis
all __________________ belong to the monera kingdom
Bacteria
What type of environments do protists live in?
Wet or moist
Do fungi have cell walls?
Yes
What is an example of a species?
Many responses
Define biodiversity
all the living things that inhabit earth
Are bacteria autotrophic or heterotrophic
Both!
What are the two most important types of protists?
Protazoa and algae
What are the cell walls of fungi formed from?
Chitin
What are the two characteristics of species?
Share common characteristics and can reproduce with fertile offspring
Name four qualities of micro-organisms that are beneficial to living things
Preform photosynthesis, decompose organic matter, antibiotics, help plants, creation of certain foods
Do monera have organelles?
NO
What are the characteristics of protozoa?
Unicellular, heterotrophic, and made up of eukaryotic cells
What type of fungi is involved in fermentation?
Yeast
What is taxonomy?
the science that classifies living things according to natural criteria.
What are the characteristics of the animal kindgom?
Eukaryotic, Multicellular, tissues, Heterotrophic
What is a parasitic bacteria?
Use organic material produced by otehr living things, cause harm
What is an algae?
Eukaryotic, photosynthetic, unicellular or multicellular and aquatic
Name two important uses of fungi
Food, antibiotics, help produce other types of food
Please come to the board and list the taxonomic categories in order.
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
On a piece of paper write out the 5 kingdoms chart with the 4 characteristics (cell type, nutrition function, tissues or no, uni or multi cellular)
many responses
What is a group of bacteria called?
A colony
Oxygen, food for other organisms, food industry, medicine, agriculture
Board!