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6th science
Question | Answer |
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What is the division of organisms into groups or classes based on characteristics? | Classification |
What is the science of describing, naming and classifying organisms? | Taxonomy |
Who founded the science of taxonomy? | Carolus Linnaeus |
How many levels of classification are there? | 8 |
List the 8 levels of classification in order from general to specific. | Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
The scientific name of an organism comes from its what? | Genus and specific name |
This domain includes prokayotes that live in soil, water and in humans | Bacteria |
This domain includes prokayotes that live in extreme environments | Archaea |
This kindom includes mostly single-celled or simple multicellular organisms. | Protista |
This kingdom includes nongreen, nonmoving eukayrotic organisms that bread down substances outside their bodies and absorb the nutrients. | Fungi |
This kingdom includes complex, muticellular organisms that are ususlly green, have cell walls, and make sugar by photsynthsis. | Plantae |
This kingdom is made up of complex, multicellular organisms that lack cell walls, can usually move around, and quickly respond to the environment. | Animalia |
What is an underground stem called? | Rhizome |
A tree has this kind of stem. | Woody Stem |
This surrounds the cell membrane and supports a plant cell. | Cell Wall |
Flowering plants that produce seeds inside a fruit are known as this. | Angiospems |
Plants which produce cones instead of flwoers and fruit are known as this. | Gymnosperms |
What is an angiosperm with one cotyledon called? | Monocot |
What is an angiosperm with two cotyledons called? | Dicot |
This is a modified leaf that protects a flower bud. | Sepal |