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Biology Ch 17

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Archaebacteria
prokaryotic; "ancient bacteria"
Fungi
eukaryotic,heterotropic organisms; gain nutrients by direct contact (can be multi- or uni- cellular)
6 kingdoms
Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, protista, plantae, fungi, animalia
Binomial nomenclature
the 2 word scientific name of an organism; genus, Species
7 levels of modern classification systems
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family genus, species ( King Philip comes over for good stuff)
Protista
eukaryotes that are NOT plant, animals, or fungi; single cell or multi- cell
How was Aristotle's classification system inadequate
he said everything was either an animal or a plant:common names are misleading (people in different part of the world had a different names for different animals)
Eubacteria
prokaryotic; "true bacteria"
Animalia
eukaryotic,multicellular,heterotrophic organisms; develop embryos; no cell walls
how was Aristotle's and Linnaeus's classification system for organismssimilar
they both have groups according to observable characteristics
Taxonomy
the science of descibing, naming, & classyfying organisms
Plantae
eukaryotic, multicellular plants, made up of cellulose
what criteria did Linnaeus use to classify organisms
form and structure
relationship between phylum and division
1st level from kingdom; division-plants, phylum-everything else

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