classification

• taxonomy?


  process of placing organisms into groups based on their shared features
• 5 kingdoms?

  • animalia
  • fungi
  • plantae
  • prokaryotae
  • protocista
• animalia? (kingdom)

  • multicellular eukaryote with differentiated cells organised into specialised organs.
  • no cell wall/ vacuole and cannot photosynthesise
  • heterotrophic, rely on other organisms for nutrition
  • most can move from place to place
  • includes phyla like jellyfish, roundworms ect
• fungi?

  • multicellular eukaryotes with differentiated cells, yeast included are unicellular
  • cell walls made of polysaccharide chitin
  • cannot photosynthesise
  • heterotrophic, most absorb nutrients from decaying matter after digestion
  • most made up of network of thread-like strands
  • includes mould yeast mushrooms
• plantae?

  • multicellular eukaryotes with differentiated cells organised into specialised organs
  • cell walls contain cellulose
  • cells contain chloroplasts/vacuole
  • make organic compounds via photosynthesis
  • includes mosses, ferns, conifers
• prokaryotae?

  • cells small, less than 10micrometers
  • cells have no distinct nucleus, nucleic acid is single chromosome
  • cells dont have organelles, mitochondria/chloroplasts
  • includes bacteria
• protocista?

  • multicellular/unicellular eukaryotes
  • basic body structure is simple
  • may either photosynthesise or feed on organic matter from other sources
  • includes amoeba and algae ect
• further classification


  K, kingdom

  P, phylum

  C, class

  O, order

  F, family

  G, genus

  S, species
• molecular phenology?


  study of evolutionary relations among groups of organisms by analysing hereditary molecular differences in DNA/RNA sequences

  • identification of 3 domains, classification is dynamic (constant new available data)