Characteristics of Living Organisms

are these two closely related -
Carcharhinus leucas and Carcharhinus melanopterus;

why?

• yes; same genus

• no; different families

• yes; same species

• no; different orders

the two name system of classifying organisms

• binomial nomenclature

• taxonomic hierarchy

• genetic classification

• phylogenetic tree

cell that has NO nucleus

• eukaryote

• prokaryote

• virus

• fungus

Kingdom that is autotroph multicellular, & cell wall made of cellulose

• Animal Kingdom

• Fungi Kingdom

• Plant Kingdom

• Protist Kingdom

this organism breaks down and returns matter back into the soil

• bacteria

• fungus

• plant

• insect

Kingdom that is autotroph / Heterotroph & cell wall made of peptidoglycan & unicellular (one cell)

• Bacteria Kingdom

• Animalia Kingdom

• Fungi Kingdom

• Plantae Kingdom

the first word in an organism's scientific name that represents a group of similar species; such as Ursus spelaus and Ursus arctos

• species

• genus

• family

• order

Kingdom that is heterotroph, multicellular, & have no cell wall

• Plant Kingdom

• Fungi Kingdom

• Animal Kingdom

• Protist Kingdom

a group (or category) of living things, such as domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus or species

• taxon

• species

• organism

• biome

the broadest levels of classification; organisms are the most different at this level

• kingdom

• phylum

• domain

• species