Characteristics, Classification and Variety of Living Organisms

What is taxonomy?

The branch of science that classifies, groups, and names organisms based on their similarities and differences

What is movement?

A process by which an organism transfers from one place to another (usually in response to stimuli)

What is respiration?

The breakdown of glucose to produce energy

What is the chemical name for the energy that the cells use to work?

Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)

What is growth?

Increase in size or complexity (of an organism)

What is reproduction?

The process by which new organisms/offspring are produced

What is excretion?

The removal of metabolic waste from an organism’s body

What is metabolic activity?

Any chemical reaction that happens in a cell

What is nutrition?

The process by which organisms make or obtain their food for growth and metabolic activity

What is irritablility?

The response to stimuli (heat, light, touch, etc.)

In the order from broadest to most specific group, say the taxonomy of living things.

Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species

Which way for writing Binomial Nomenclature is acceptable to type?

1. Felis Catus

2. Felis catus

3. felis catus

4. Felis Catus

5. Felis catus

6. felis catus

7. Felis Catus

8. Felis catus

9. felis catus

(5) Felis catis

Which way for writing Binomial Nomenclature is acceptable to handwrite?

1. Felis Catus

2. Felis catus

3. felis catus

4. Felis Catus

5. Felis catus

6. felis catus

7. Felis Catus

8. Felis catus

9. felis catus

(8) Felis catus

What is binomial nomenclature?

The standardized system of naming living organisms that is internationally acceptable

What does the binomial nomenclature consist of?

The genus and species

What are the six kingdoms of life? List them

Animals
Plants
Fungi
Protists
Bacteria (Eubacteria)
Ancient Bacteria (Archeobacteria)

What is the scientific name of the Queen Conch?

Aliger gigas

What is the scientific term for Spiny Lobster?

Panulirus argus

What is the scientific name for the Caribbean Pine?

Pinus caribaea

List the 9 major animal phyla.

Porifera (Sponge)
Cnidaria (Stinging-celled organism)
Chordata (Includes vertebrates)
Echinodermata (Echinoderm)
Mollusca (Mollusc)
Arthropoda (Arthropod)
Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)
Nematoda (Roundworms)
Annelida (Segmented worms)

List the 4 main classes of Arthropods.

Arachnids
Crustaceans
Insects
Myriapod

What are the two main groups of animals?

Vertebrates and invertebrates

What is an animal?

Multicellular organisms that get energy through ingestion of food

What are the classes of vertebrates?

Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals

What are the 4 classes of anthropods?

Insects, arachnids, crustaceans, myriapods

What are the main types of molluscs?

No shell, Univalves, Bivalves

What do all arthropods have in common?

A hard exoskeleton and jointed legs

What do all molluscs have in common?

A soft, muscular body divided into head and foot regions

What are the 2 main types of plants?

Non-seed-bearing plants, Seed-bearing

What are gymnosperms?

Also known as conifers, they are large trees that produce seeds in cones

What are angiosperms?

Also known flowering plants, they are plants that reproduce by producing flowers and fruit that contain seeds

What are the two main classes of angiosperms?

Monocotyledon, dicotyledon

Learn the comparisons and differences between the 5 classes of vertebrates. (In page 8 in textbook)

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Learn the comparisons and differences between the 4 classes of arthropods. (In page 8 in textbook)

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