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Microbiology 1 - Exam
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, 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
Kingdom Protista? -✔✔answer cell type eukaryotic, single celled or colonial, no cell wall, no embryonic
development or spore formation
Microbiology 1 - Exam
2 Test Bank with
complete questions and
answers 100% verified
USER
[COMPANY NAME]
, 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
Kingdom Protista? -✔✔answer cell type eukaryotic, single celled or colonial, no cell wall, no embryonic
development or spore formation
