CAS BI 107 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Bacterial Cell Structure, Saprotrophic Nutrition, The Animal Kingdom
22 May 2017
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The 7 characteristics that distinguish living things from non-living objects are: nutrition, excretion, respiration, sensitivity, reproduction, growth and movement. Credit: painting above all else guard your heart by carmen keys. Classification: the scientific method of dividing organisms into smaller and larger groups, on basis of their similarities. Swedish botanist carolus linnaeus is the father of systematic biology. Put every organism into a group (the science of taxonomy) Give every organism a name (the science of nomenclature). In his binomial system, every living organism has a unique, two-part name: The first name is genus, the second name is species. Names are written in latin, printed in italics. The genus always has a capital letter, and the species always has a small letter. All life forms are categorized into a scheme that had 7 categorical terms. The biggest group are kingdom, the smallest one is species. Each kingdom is divided into smaller group, which include genus and species.
