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Taxonomy

Confused about why we call something what we call it?
That is the problem of taxonomy. Learn your kingdom from your species, and find out where you fit in with all the other living things that populate our world.


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Linnaeusdeveloped binomial nomenclature
homosapiensthe binomial nomenclature name for humans
domaina classification over-riding kingdoms
archaeadomain of bacteria that may live in extreme conditions
bacteriadomain of organisms that have members that might make you sick
eukaryaorganisms that have nuclei and organelles
archaebacteriathe domain archaea includes this kingdom
eubacteriathe kingdom of bacteria includes this kingdom
binomial nomenclaturea two name system of naming organisms
taxonomythe science of naming organisms
kingdomcurrently, we recognize 6 divisions of organisms at this level
classphyla are divided into these, and orders are contained in this division
protistakingdom that has great diversity of single celled, eukaryotic organisms
fungikingdom containing organisms with cell walls of chitin
animaliakingdom of organisms that have no cell walls
plantaekingdom or organisms that contains organisms that are multicellular, and have cell walls of cellulose
divisionequivalent to phylum in animals, but the equivalent division of plants
cladisticssystem of classification using shared and derived characteristics
shared characteristicfeature that all members of a group have in common
derived characteristicfeature that is present in the group under consideration
cladogramdiagram that illustrates shared and derived characteristics
heterotrophorganism that derives its energy from autotrophs or other heterotrophs
autotrophtraps energy to make its own food
consumergets its energy from ingesting other organisms
producermakes food by chemo- or photosynthesis
pathogenan organism that causes a disease
parasiteorganism that benefits in a relationship when the host is harmed
chitinthe material that forms cell walls of fungi and is present in insect exoskeletons
cellulosethe material present in the cell walls of plants and photosynthetic protists
peptidoglycansthe components of cell walls of the domain Bacteria
unicellularorganism consisting of one cell
multicellularorganism consisting of more than one cell