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Biology

Swedish physician, botanist, and zoologist credited with creating the modern classification system.

Carl von Linnaeus

Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, and Archaea.

Domains

Organisms with no nucleus, mostly bacteria.

Prokaryotes

Organisms with a nucleus, containing most organisms.

Eukaryotes

organisms with no nucleus that live in earth’s most severe conditions.

Archaea

Plantae, Animalia, Protista, and Fungi.

Eukaryote Kingdoms

A system for naming species

Binomial Nomenclature

Italicized, genus capitalized, species lowercase, and greek or latin

Characteristics of Binomial Nomenclature

Protista

A kingdom within Eukaryotes that is primarily unicellular, though some organisms can be multicellular or colonial.

Paramacium

A type of protist that uses cilia for movement, with features like an oral groove and a mouth pore for feeding.

flagella, individual cells

Volvox

autotrophic, contains chloroplasts, and has a red eyespot for detecting light

Euglena

Malaria

A parasitic disease caused by protist that infects red blood cells, with mosquitoes as its vector.

Infects - nervous system

Vector - Tse Tse fly

Trypanasoma

Infects - digestive system Vector - water

Giardiasis

Infects - several organs Vector - Cat poop

Toxoplasmosis