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17 Cards in this Set
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What is species diversity? |
The number of different species to successfully mate and produce viable offspring |
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What is genetic diversity? |
Refers to the amount of variation in inherited traits between individuals of the same species |
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What is taxonomy? |
The science of classifying organisms |
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What are the levels of classification? |
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species (King Phillip Cry Out For Goodness Sake) |
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What are the two words that make up binomial nomenclature? |
Genus name and species name |
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What is the 5 kingdom system originally proposed by Robert Wittakerin (1968)? |
- Plante - Animalia - Protista - Monera - Fungi |
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What is the 6 kingdom system originally proposed by Carl Worse (1970’s)? |
- plantae - animalia - Protista - Fungi - Eubacteria - Archaebacteria |
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What are Protista? |
- most are single celled - live in aquatic or moist habitats |
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What are archaebacteria? |
- heterotrophs - lives in salt lakes, animal guts and hot springs |
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What are archaebacteria? |
- heterotrophs - lives in salt lakes, animal guts and hot springs |
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What are Eubacteria? |
- simple organisms lacking nuclei - reproduce asexually - live nearly everywhere |
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What is the dichotomous key? |
A two part key used to identify living things |
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What are archaebacteria? |
- heterotrophs - lives in salt lakes, animal guts and hot springs |
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What are Eubacteria? |
- simple organisms lacking nuclei - reproduce asexually - live nearly everywhere |
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What is the dichotomous key? |
A two part key used to identify living things |
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What is a homologous structure? |
Structures that are similar in origin but not necessarily in function |
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What is an analogous structure? |
Structures similar in function but not in origin |
