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Taxonomy - Coggle Diagram
Taxonomy
Hierarchy
Domain: Broadest rank
Bacteria (Prokaryotic): Single-celled, peptidoglycan in cell walls, no true nucleus, found everywhere
Archaea (Prokaryotic): Single-celled, no true nucleus, lives in extreme environments, no true nucleus
Eukarya (Eukaryotic): Organism with membrane and nucleus, has membrane-bound organelles, single and multiicellular
Kingdoms
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Eukarya
Protista
Mostly single-celled, some photosynthesize and some ingest and absorb nutrients, highly diverse, examples are amoebas, paramecia and kelp
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Fungi
Multi/unicellular heterotrophs with chitin in their cell wall that absorb nutrients and are essential decomposers, examples are mushrooms, molds and yeast
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Definition: Branch of biology dedicated to naming and identifying forms of life based on shared characteristics
Carolus Linnaeus: Made Binomial Nomenclature, a two-part scientific naming system using latin words
Specific epithet comes second, lowercase and denotes specific species
Genus comes first, always capitalized
Formatting: Italicized while typed, underlined while written