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science test #3
37 cards·by ak907
what is the organisms classified by?
kingdom
what is taxonomy?
organization of organisms
why was taxonomy used(3 reasons)
1. latin was used, universal & non culture specific language; each species was called only one
name; heritage is implied by their name' king
What is mDNA
THE RATE OF GENETIC CHANGE OF DNA FOULD ONLY IN THE CELLL'S MITOCHONDIA. COMES FROM YOUR MOTHER
what are "y chromosomes"
only found in male how paternal lines of a family tree is traced
what are eukaryotes?
can be either single cell or muti cellular, either asexual and/or sexual
what are prokaryotes
can be only single celled and reproduce asexually
is bacteria a prokaryote or eukaryot?
prokaryote
is archaeachemotrophs an prokaryote or eukaryot?
prokaryote
is eukaryote an prokaryote or eukaryot?
eukaryot
what kingdom is bacteria in?
eubacteria
what kingdom is archeaechemotrophs in
archaebacterial;get engery from inorganic chemicals;sulfur,arsenic,salts,methane
what kingdom is eukaryote
eukaryote
what does a protista do
with over between autotroph and heterotroph
what does a fungi do?
release spores decompose dead organic matter
what does plantae do?
not mobile, photosynthesize
what does animalia do?
moblie, heterotroph, reproduction
How do you write a type of species correctly
Genus species in italic ( genus: a group of similar species;unique to the species)
what is a domain
a larger inclusive catergory
6 kingdoms of life:
(eapfpa) eubacteria, animalia, plantae, protista, fungi, archaebacteria
example of plantae
moss fern
example of fungi
mushroom, yeasts
example of animalia
wroms fishes mammals
example of protista
brown algae, ciliates
example of archaebacteria
sulfolobus archaea
example of eubacteria
salmonella typhimurium
what is dna
genatic code that represents your life
def. of systematics
the science of naming and grouping organisms
a naming system linnnaeus developed
bionomial nomenclature
a useful scientific name must have two characteristics:
refers to the genus, unique name to its species
why is it confusing to refer to organisms by common names?
common names vary among regions around the world, have the same name
what is binomial nomenclature?
classification system in which each species is assigned a two part scientific name
what is phylogeny
study of how living and extinct organisms are related to one to another
def.of a clade
a clade include a common ancestor and all its descendants, living or extinct
def. of a cladogram
a diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms
def of a node
the place where the ancestral lineage splits on a cladogram is called a fork or a node
characteristictiics shared by members of a clade and only by members of that clade are called
derivea characteristics