Classification is the act of arranging organisms into groups based on their similarities and differences.
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What is taxonomy?
Taxonomy is the study of classification.
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What 8 groups are in taxonomic heirachy?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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What is the first part of the binomial naming system?
Genus
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What is the second part of the binomial naming system?
species
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What is phylogeny?
Phylogeny is the study of the evolutionary history of groups of organisms
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What does phylogeny tell us?
Phylogeny tells us who’s related to whom and how closely related they are
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What are the 5 kingdoms?
prokaryotae, protoctista, fungi, plantae, animalia
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What is an example of prokaryotae?
bacteria
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what is an example of protoctista?
algae
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What are some features of prokaryotae?
prokaryotic, unicellular (single-celled),
no nucleus, less than 5 µm
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What are some features of protoctista?
eukaryotic cells, usually live in water, single-celled
or simple multicellular organism
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What are some features of fungi?
eukaryotic, chitin cell wall, saprotrophic (absorb
substances from dead or decaying organisms),
single-celled or multicellular organisms
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What does saprotrophic mean?
organism that absorbs
substances from dead or decaying organisms
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What are some features of plantae?
eukaryotic, multicellular, cell walls made of cellulose, can photosynthesise, contain chlorophyll, autotrophic (produce their own food)
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What does autotrophic mean?
an organism that produces their own food
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What are some features of animalia?
eukaryotic, multicellular, no cell walls,
heterotrophic (consume plants and animals)
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What does heterotrophic mean?
consumes both plants and animals
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What 4 key observations did Darwin make?
-Organisms produce more offspring than survive.
-variation exists in the characteristics of members of the same species.
-Some of these characteristics can be passed on from one generation to the next.
-Individuals that are best adapted to their environme
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