Classification of Living Things
What is taxonomy?
it is the science of describing, classifying and naming living things
What is the difference between a prokaryotic cell and an eukaryotic cell?
Prokaryotes: single-celled, DNA in cytoplasm, no membrane-bound organelles
Eukaryotes: multicellular, DNA in nucleus, membrane-bound organelles
What are the 3 structures that protists can have to help them move?
cilia, flagellum or a pseudopod
What are the two main groups of plants?
Vascular and Nonvascular
They are the most physically diverse kingdom of organisms.
What are the parts of a scientific name?
Genus species
How do bacteria reproduce?
Binary fission
What are the two ways that protist reproduce asexually?
Binary Fission and Fragmentation
What is a vascular system?
It is a system of tube like tissues that transports water, nutrients and other materials.
Invertebrates are animals without a backbone. Vertebrates are animals with a backbone.
What are the two tools that scientists use to classify things?
Branching Diagrams and a Dichotomous Key
What is the difference between archaea and bacteria?
Bacteria can live everywhere. Archaea can live everywhere too but also survive in harsh environments.
What are the 3 main types of protists?
Animal-Like, Plant-Like, and Fungus-Like
How do seedless vascular and seedless nonvascular plants reproduce?
spores
What is the difference between an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton?
An endoskeleton is an internal skeleton and an exoskeleton is and external covering.
What are the three domains of all living things?
Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya
How do viruses replicate?
They enter a host cell. They also go through the lytic cycle when the viruses replicate in a single cell until it eventually bursts.
What are the 3 main types of fungi?
Zygote, Club and Sac
Seedless Vascular or Seedless Nonvascular?
Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts
Seedless Nonvascular
What are the 5 main groups of vertebrates?
1.Amphibians
2. Reptiles
3. Birds
4.Mammals
5. Fish
What are the 4 kingdoms in the domain Eukarya?
Protista, Plante, Animalia, and Fungi
transformation, transduction, conjunction
What is the partnership called when fungi grow on or in plant roots? Those plants provide nutrients to the fungus and the fungus helps the roots absorb nutrients.
Mycorrhiza
What at the plants called that produce seeds that are not enclosed in a fruit?
gymnosperms
What are the 6 characteristics that all animals share?
1. Many cells
2. Movement
3. Reproduction
4. Consume Food
5. Maintain Body Temperature
6. Specialized Parts