Question | Answer |
Greek philosopher who developed the system of classification over 2000 years ago. | Aristotle |
He started to classify living things starting with two | kingdoms |
The two kingdoms he started were the | plant and animal kingdoms |
After that he divided them even more by | where they lived |
Animals that lived on_ and animals hat lived in_ were in two different groups | land/water |
The plant kingdoms were separated by_and_ | size and structure |
People criticized Aristotle. Why? | There were too many exceptions to his rules |
Examples? | frogs: land and water |
A Swedish naturalist that created a new way to classify living things | Linnaeus |
He classified these living things based on their ________, ________, ____, _____, -_____, and ____ | body structures, systems, shapes, sizes, colors, and methods of getting food |
In his system each organism has two names. This system is called | binomial nomenclature |
These two names are called the organism's | scientific or Latin name |
First word:_____ Second word:_____ | Genus/specific name |
Organisms of the same species can | reproduce successfully |
VISE/VERSA Just because an animal or plant have the same ______ ____ doesn't mean they have the same __________ ____ | common/scientific name |
Ex | many robins common name but all differen6 scientific names
Mountain Lion, cougar, Puma, Florida Panther all same scientific names |
Scientific names serve 4 main purposes: | Help scientists avoid errors in communication |
2 | Organisms with similar evolutionary history are grouped together |
3 | gives descriptive information about the species |
4 | Allow information to be organized and found easily and efficiently |
Scientist look at ________ ______, similarities in _____ and ____ __________, and _______ and the _______ to fin the organisms phylogony | chemical makeup, genes, body structures, fossils, and embryos |
domains | Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryotes |
characteristics ex (4) | nucleus or not, ability to move, single or many celled, and ability to make food |
Dear, King, Philip/David, Came, Over, For, Good, Spaghetti | Domain, Kingdom, Phylum/ Division, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
To group ideas, information, or objects based on similarities | classify |
The science of classifying and naming organisms | taxonomy |
The largest of the taxonomic categories | kingdom |
A group of organisms that have similar characteristics | genus |
An organisms evolutionary history. Classification is based on this. | phylogony |
the largest group in classification | domain |