Question | Answer |
Taxonomy | The scientific study of how living things are classified |
Binomial Nomenclature | The two part name scientists give organisms |
Dichotomous Key | Identification aid that uses sequential pairs of descriptive statments |
Genus | The first part of an organism's name |
Carolus Linnaeus | The Swedish scientist that expanded Aristotle's ideas on classification |
Subgroups | Smaller groups of organisms that shared other similarites |
Species | The second part of an organism's name |
Aristotle | The first scientist to develop a classification system |
What did Linnaeus devise? | A naming system |
What are the 7 levels of classification? | Kingdom,Phylum,Class,Order,Family,Genus.Species |
Are all fungi heterotrophs or autotrophs? | heterotrophs |
What is the broadest level of classification out of the 8? | Domain |
Classification | The processes of grouping things based on their similarities |
How did Aristotle classify organisms? | By how they moved |
What is the smallest classification level? | Species |
What does a species name often describe? | Distinct features of the organism |
How many kingdoms are there? | Six Kingdoms |