Science

What is a Kingdom?

A Kingdom is the highest level of Classification. It is a grouping of organisms based on shared similarities. There are 5 Kingdoms: Animals, Plants, Protists, Fungi, and Bacteria.

How many Kingdoms are there?

There are 5 Kingdoms: Animals, Plants, Protists, Fungi, and Bacteria.

What are the four characteristics that organisms in the Bacteria Kingdom share?

All organisms in the Bacteria Kingdom share the following traits: 1. Unicellular (usually microscopic) 2. Prokaryotic (doesn't have a nucleus) 3. Only seen with microscope asexual (1 parent cell) 4. Some are helpful to humans while other can be deadly. Helpful Bacteria can aid digestion. Harmful Bacteria can cause diseases such as tuberculosis, and pneumonia.

What are the four characteristics or traits that all organisms in the Fungi Kingdom have?

All organisms in the Fungus Kingdom share the following traits: 1. Can be unicellular, or multicellular. 2. Their cells have a cell wall. 3. Do not obtain food through Photosynthesis. Fungi obtain food by releasing digestive juices that break down whatever they are living on. 4. They are Eukaryotic.

What are the four characteristics or traits that all organisms in the Plant Kingdom share?

All organisms in the Plant Kingdom share the following traits: 1. All plants have cells with a cell wall. 2. All plants have cells containing chloroplasts that allow them to make their own food through Photosynthesis. 3. They have to be Multicellular. 4. They have to be Eukaryotic.

Why is Classification important?

Classification is important because it helps scientists answer 3 big questions: 1. What are the relationships between different species? 2. What are the characteristics of the organisms in each group? 3. How many different species of organisms are there?

What is Classification?

Classification is when scientists put organisms into groups based upon their similarities.

What is the purpose of dichotomous keys?

Dichotomous keys are guides that scientists have developed to identify organisms. To do this, the scientists answer questions about the physical characteristics of the organisms.

Why do scientists use scientific names for classifying organisms?

Each organism has only a single scientific name in Latin. Scientists do this to avoid confusion, the same organisms can have multiple common names in english or other languages. It allows scientists to all be on the same page when discussing an organism no matter where they are from.

What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?

In asexual reproduction a single parent cell can produce offspring. In sexual reproduction two parent cells are needed, typically a male and a female cell.

What are the levels of Classification?

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

What are the five characteristics of Algae in the Protist Kingdom?

Organisms in the phylum Algae share the following characteristics: 1. Some are unicellular, and some are multicellular. 2. They have a cell wall. 3. They contain chloroplasts, and make their own food through Photosynthesis (producers). 4. Unlike plants, they don't have a stem, roots, or leaves. 5. They are Eukaryotic.

What are the five characteristics of the Protozoans in the Protist Kingdom?

Organisms in the phylum Protozoan share the following characteristics: 1. Almost all are unicellular. 2. Have the ability to move 3. They have to get their own food (consumers). 4. They have a cell membrane, but no cell wall. 5. They are eukaryotic.

What is in a scientific name for an organism?

Scientific names always contain two words: the first one is the Genus the organism belongs to and the second one is the Species. For example, a lion is called Panthera leo and a tiger Panthera tigris.

What is Taxonomy?

Taxonomy is the science of identifying, classifying, and naming organisms.

What are the six characteristics or traits that all organisms in the animal kingdom must share?

The six characteristics that all organisms in the animal kingdom share are: they are multicellular, almost all can move, their cells have no cell wall, they have to hunt for their own food (consumers), they are eukaryotic, reproduce sexually-when two cells join to form off spring and their cells lack chloroplasts.