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Life Sci Mid II
Midterm study stack Chapter II
Question | Answer |
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An organism's scientific name can | never be changed |
Which of the following lists astarts with the largest group and goes to the smallest group | class, order, family |
The science of classifying organisms into groups is ___. | taxonomy |
to arrange things into groups is to | classify them |
how many kingdoms are there in the modern classification system | 6 |
The system of naming organisms is called ___. | binomial nomenclature |
Carolus Linnaeus introduced his sytem of naming organisms in ___. | 1753 |
Name the two books Linnaeus wrote | Species Plantarum Systema Naturae |
List the characteristics of biblical kind. | 1. they can reproduce 2. their offspring can reproduce |
Give three reasons why Linneaus chose Latin to scientifically name organisms | unchanging,descriptive,a root of many modern languages |
list the basic levels of classification (from largest to smallest)devised by Carolus Linnaeus | Kingdon, Phylum, Class Order |
Name all the kingdoms | Kingdom Archaebacteria Kingdom Eubacteria Kingdom Protista Kingdom Fungi Kingdom Plantae Kingdom Animalia |