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Chapter 18 Question And Answers 2023 (update) taxonomy, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive overview of the classification system used by scientists to classify organisms. It explains the seven taxonomic categories of Linnaeus' classification system, the system he developed, and the reasons why scientists avoid using common names when discussing organisms. It also discusses the six kingdoms of life and the three domains of life. useful for students studying biology or related fields.

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Download Chapter 18 Question And Answers 2023 (update) taxonomy and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! Chapter 18 Question And Answers 2023 (update) taxonomy - Correct Answer ✅scientists classify organisms and assign each organism a universally accepted name binomial nomenclature - Correct Answer ✅each species is assigned a two-part scientific name genus - Correct Answer ✅a group of closely related species What are the seven taxonomic categories of Linnaeus' classification system? Rank these taxa in hierarchical order, beginning with the largest level and ending with the smallest. - Correct Answer ✅The seven taxonomic categories from largest to smallest are kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. taxon - Correct Answer ✅each level in taxonomic nomenclature family - Correct Answer ✅group of genera that share many characteristics order - Correct Answer ✅broad taxonomic category composed of similar families class - Correct Answer ✅composed of similar orders Chapter 18 Question And Answers 2023 (update) phylum - Correct Answer ✅includes many different organisms that share important characteristics kingdom - Correct Answer ✅largest and most inclusive category How are living things organized for study? - Correct Answer ✅Living things are broken down into different categories that suit them. For example, a flying animal with feathers has been classified into a bird, so that all scientists know what each other is talking about. Describe the system that Linnaeus developed. - Correct Answer ✅Linnaeus' system is a hierarchy of classification using seven different levels that break down the organism into it's smallest classification. The levels from smallest to largest are species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom. Why do scientists avoid using common names when discussing organisms? - Correct Answer ✅Scientists avoid using common names when discussing organisms because they can differ in different languages and closely related regions. What is binomial nomenclature? - Correct Answer ✅Binomial nomenclature is when each species is assigned a two-part scientific Chapter 18 Question And Answers 2023 (update) related to each other because they have a larger amount of similar genes such as segmented bodies, joined limbs, or an external skeleton that is shed during growth. domain - Correct Answer ✅a more inclusive category than any other- larger than a kingdom bacteria - Correct Answer ✅unicellular and prokaryotic eubacteria - Correct Answer ✅the domain Bacteria corresponds to Eubacteria archaea - Correct Answer ✅unicellular and prokaryotic and live in some of the most extreme environments archaebacteria - Correct Answer ✅the domain Archaea corresponds to this domain eukarya - Correct Answer ✅consists of all organisms that have a nucleus protista - Correct Answer ✅composed of eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi Chapter 18 Question And Answers 2023 (update) fungi - Correct Answer ✅heterotrophs Plantae - Correct Answer ✅multicellular organisms that are photosynthetic autotrophs animalia - Correct Answer ✅multicellular and heterotrophic What are the six kingdoms of life as they are now identified? - Correct Answer ✅The six kingdoms of life as they are now identified are Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. What are the three domains of life? - Correct Answer ✅The three domains of life are Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea. Why was the kingdom Monera divided into two separate kingdoms? - Correct Answer ✅Monera was divided because scientists realized that there was a major difference in the organisms in Monera almost as big as the difference between plants and animals. Why might kingdom Protista be thought of as the "odds and ends" kingdom? - Correct Answer ✅The kingdom Protista has the most variation: it has multicellular and unicellular, photosynthetic and Chapter 18 Question And Answers 2023 (update) heterotrophic, and some share characteristics with plants or fungi and some with animals. How are members of the kingdom Fungi different from members of the kingdom Plantae? How are member of the two kingdoms similar? - Correct Answer ✅The kingdom Plantae contains multicellular and autotrophic organisms while the kingdom Fungi contains heterotrophic organisms. They are similar because they can both be multicellular. Which kingdoms include only prokaryotes? Which kingdoms include only heterotrophs? - Correct Answer ✅Eubacteria and Archea are both prokaryotic. Fungi and Animalia are all heterotrophic.
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