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TAXONOMY
The study of classifying things based on their similarities and differences Modern Classification
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
Two-part scientific name First name genus or a group of similar species Second name species or group of organisms that can breed and have fertile offspring
Species
Organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring SOMETIMES two different species mate, and do NOT produce fertile offspring.
Kingdom
How can I remember all of this? King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti
Phylum
Class Order
Family
Genus
Species
SIX KINGDOMS
Eubacteria Archaebacteria Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia
AUTOTROPHS
Organisms that can make their own food Examples: plants, some types of bacteria, algae, moss
HETEROTROPHS
Organisms that cannot make their own food Must consume heterotrophs or autotrophs
ARCHAEBACTERIA
Unicellular prokaryotes that live in extreme conditions typically without oxygen Found in extreme environments
High temperatures Extreme cold Little oxygen Very acid environments
EUBACTERIA
Unicellular Prokaryotes that live almost everywhere Bacteria
BINARY FISSION
CONJUGATION
PROTISTS
Eukaryotes that live in watery or moist environments Most are unicellular but some are multicellular Includes all microscopic that are not bacteria, not animals, not plants and not fungi.
Eutrophication
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
TYPES OF PROTISTS
Slime mold
TYPES OF PROTISTS
Amoeba
TYPES OF PROTISTS
Paramecium
PARAMECIUM
Contractile vacuole Pellicle Oral groove
LOCOMOTION
Flagella- A whip-like tail that helps some protists and bacteria to move
LOCOMOTION
Cilia
Organelles Hair like structures that help with movement
LOCOMOTION
Pseudopod-
FUNGI
Heterotrophs
Get food from plants or decaying matter Eukaryotes Most are multicellular but some are unicellular Examples
FUNGI
Spore-
ENDOSPORE FORMATION
FUNGI
Mold-
FUNGI
Mildew-
FUNGI
Hypae-
FUNGI
Fruiting bodies-
Fungi Video
LICHENS
PLANTS
BUDDING
ANIMALS
Multicellular eukaryotes that are heterotrophs Largest kingdom with over 1 million known species.
Animal Kingdom
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Infectious disease caused by bacteria Infection web quest
ANTIBIOTICS
Antibiotics
VIRUS
Nonliving particles that invade cells in order to multiply or reproduce Virus
Monsters Inside Me