Classification

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Scientific Names

Kingdom Characteristic

s

Classifying

King Phillip True or False

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What is the genus of the organism Felis

concolor?

Felis

The “father of taxonomy”is

Linnaeus

Linnaeus’s naming system was called

____________

Binomial Nomenclature

Most scientific names are in this

language

Latin

A group of similar organisms that can

mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate are

called…

A Species

The kingdom eukarya contain organisms that have a _______

nucleus

Name the three domains

Archaea, Bacteria, & Eukarya

Which domains include organisms

that are prokaryotes?

Archaea & Bacteria

The Domain Eukarya contains what 4

kingdoms?

Protists, Fungi, Plants, & Animals

Mushrooms, molds, mildew, and yeast are all members of

what kingdom?

Fungi

What is the genus species name for

humans?

Homo sapiens

What domain and kingdom are humans

a member of?

Eukarya, Animalia

Animals are heterotrophs which

means they

Consume food (do not make their own)

Which domain comes from a Greek word

for ancient?

Archaea

Plants can make their own food and are

called

autotrophs

What is more specific the family or the

order?

family

Who has more in common two

organisms that share the same phyla or two that share the

same class?

The same class

Organisms are placed into domains and

kingdoms based on their diet, the # of cells in

their body and ___________

Cell type

Name the eight levels of classification from the broadest to the

most specific

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order,

Family, Genus, Species

What student of Plato was the first to group

organisms according to where they live

(animals) and their size (plants)

Aristotle

The more classification levels two organisms

share, the more characteristics they

have in common

true

Linnaeus placed organisms into groups based on the features

he could observe

true

A prokaryote contains a nucleus

false

Animals are unicellular.

false

Protists are bacteria

false