Taxonomy Flashcards

10536096291	Taxonomy	A scientific discipline concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life	0
10536096292	Kingdom	A taxonomic category, the second broadest after domain.	1
10536096293	Protista	Kingdom composed of eukaryotes that are not classified as plants, animals, or fungi	2
10536096294	Archaebacteria	Ancient prokaryotes that survive in extreme anaerobic conditions, such as deap sea vents and extreme salinity.	3
10536096295	Eubacteria	A kingdom that contains all prokaryotes except archaebacteria	4
10536096296	Binomial nomenclature	two word naming system devised by Linnaeus	5
10536096297	Classification	grouping of organisms for practical purposes	6
10536096298	Latin	language used for scientific naming	7
10536096299	Order	a group of related families	8
10536096300	Kingdom	group of related phyla	9
10536096301	Species	a group that can successfully reproduce and is the smallest classification in the taxonomic hierarchy	10
10536096302	Genus	group of related species	11
10536096303	Division	takes the place of p"Phylum" category for plants	12
10536096304	Fungus	heterotrophic eukaryote associated with decomposition most multicellular but yeast	13
10536096305	Prokaryote	unicellular and lack membrane-bound organelles	14
10536096306	Plantae	multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophs	15
10536096307	Animalia	multicellular, eukaryote, heterotroph that lack cell walls	16
10536096308	Moneran- bacteria	unicellular, auto and heterotroph, prokaryote	17
10536096309	Protista	unicellular and colonial, auto and heterotroph, maybe has cell walls	18
10536096310	Taxonomy order	Domain, Kingdom, Phylum(or Division), Class, Order, Family, genus species	19
10536096311	Aristotle	created the first taxonomic system	20
10536096312	Chitin	major cell-wall material of Fungi	21
10536096313	Peptidoglycan or Glycoprotein	major cell-wall material for Bacteria	22
10536096314	Coleoptera	Beetle order	23
10536096315	Ephemeroptera	Mayfly order	24
10536096316	Diptera	Housefly order	25
10536096317	Odonata	Damselfly order	26
10536096318	Saltatorial legs	used for jumping	27
10536096319	Natatorial legs	used for swimming	28
10536096320	Scansorial legs	hook onto hair or feathers	29
10536096321	Raptorial legs	used to grasp prey	30
10536096322	Cursorial legs	used to walk or run	31
10536096323	Thysanura	Silverfish and firebrat order	32
10536096324	Lepidoptera	Skipper and Luna Moth order	33
10536096325	Linnaeus	creator of our modern taxonomic system	34
10536096326	Elytra	cover wings of beetles	35
10536096327	Hemilytra	wing structure found on a stink or boxelder bug	36
10536096328	Holometabolistic metamorphosis	A type of complete metamorphosis where an insect goes through the stages of egg, larvae, pupae, to adult	37
10536096329	Gradual or Incomplete	Metamorphosis where insects progress through egg, intermediate stage, then the adult (no drastic change in form)	38
10536096330	Nymph	terrestrial intermediate insect	39
10536096331	Naiad	aquatic intermediate insect	40
10536096332	Parasitism	living together where only one organism benefits	41
10536096333	Symbiosis	living arrangement where 2 organisms benefit mutually	42
10536096334	Ametabolistic	lack of any drastic change of an insect from birth to death. Usually primitive insects	43
10536096335	Hymenoptera	Ant order	44
10536096336	Geniculate	Ant antennae	45
10536096337	Aristate	fly antennae	46
10536096338	Moniliform	cricket antennae	47
10536096339	setaceous	dragonfly antennae	48
10536096340	Pectinate or Bipectinate	moth antennae	49