VOCAB
- Taxonomy, The scientific study of how living things are classified. Useful because once classified, scietists will understand more of an organism
- Bi = Two
- Nomial = Name
- Desinged by scientist named carlus linnaeus
Random
- First name or Genus, tells which group of similar specises the living thing belongs tpp
- Second name or species, tells the name of the one particular species in that genus.
- Scientific names are universal among all countries, contenents,
- Examples, Name for dog, Canis Familiaris, Name for Timber wolf, Canis Lupus, Cyote, Canis Latrans. The first names are all Canis as they are a tipe of dog but the second specifies the species ir particular type of dog.
RULES
1, the First letter of the first word or genus name is always capitalized
2. The second word is not capitalized
3. Both words are either underlined or Italicized
DOMAINS
Domains are the most general type of classification(based mostly on cell type)
- Eukarya, Organisms made of eukaryotic cells
- Bacteria, New bacteria and prokaryotic
- Archea, Ancient bacteria and prokaryotic
6 KINGDOMS
LIFE<DOMAIN<KINGDOM<PHYLUM<CLASS<ORDER<FAMILY<GENUS<SPECIES
The most inclusive is Domain and the least inclusive and as such most specific is species.
Domains
- Bacteria, Or true bacteria, ex steptococcus, and ecoli
- Archaea, Prokaryotic cells or unicellular. They are also extremaphiles meaning they live in extream places
- Protista, Eukaryotic cells, usually unicelllular, examples are amoeba, slime molds, giant kelp. This kingdom is also the most diverse
- Fungi, mostly unicellular, heterotroph, examples are mushrooms, yeast, mold
- Plantae, multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophs, has cell walls, examples are plants like mosses, ferns, flowering.
- Anamalia, eukaryotic cells, multicellular, heterotroph, no cell walls, examples are humans, worms, insects, or fishes