Microbiology 1 - Exam 2 Test Bank with complete solutions

Microbiology 1 - Exam 2 Test Bank with complete solutions Science of Classification - ANSWER-1) to establish the criteria for identifying organisms 2)to arrange related organisms into groups and, 3) to provide important information on how organisms evolved Taxonomy - ANSWER-science of classification taxon - ANSWER-it provides an orderly basis for the naming of organisms and for placing organisms into a category Carlos Linnaeus - ANSWER-He orginated binomial nomenclature, the system that is still used today to name all living things. In the binomial, or two name , system, the first name designates the genus of an organism, and its first letter is capitalized. The second name is the specific epithet, and it is not capitalized even when derived from the name of the person who discovered it. Together the genus and specific epithet identify the species to which the organism belongs. Both words are italicized in print but underlined when handwritten Taxonomic Hierarchy - ANSWER-Kingdom(Animalia) Division/Phylum(Chordata) Subphylum(Vertabrata) Class(Mammalia) Order(Primates) Family(Hominidae) Genus(Homo) Specific Epithet(sapiens) Subspecies(Race) 5 Kingdom Classification - ANSWER-Plantae, Fungi, Animalia, Protista, Monera Prokaryotes - ANSWER-microorganisms that lack a nucleus, in the kingdom Monera Eukaryotes - ANSWER-organisms whose cells contain a distinct nucleus, in the kingdom Protista Kingdom Monera? - ANSWER-cell type prokaryotic, unicellular; occasionally grouped, cell wall is present in most,absorption, some photosynthetic and some chemosythetic, Asexual, usually by binary fission