Question | Answer |
1. To group ideas, information, or objects based on similarities is to ________. | classify |
Who developed the first system of classification? | Aristotle |
What two kingdoms did Aristotle divide organisms into? | plants and animal |
what three smaller groups did Aristotle have under the animal kingdom? | air land water |
5. What was the problem with Aristotle’s system for the animal kingdom? | animals can live in more than 1 catagory |
6. Who created a better system of classification based on six characteristics of organisms | Linnaeus |
7. What were the six characteristics? | structures, systems, size, shape, color, andobtaning food |
8. What do we call Linnaeus’s system that gave every organism a two-word name? | Binomial Nomenclature |
9. Where does the binomial nomenclature name come from for each organism? | genius and speices of the organism |
What is today’s classification system based on (its meaning is evolutionary history)? | phylogiey |
12. How many kingdoms are used today? | 5 |
13. Name the kingdoms used today. | monera-protist-fungi-plant-animal- |
14. What are the four characteristics used to place an organism into a kingdom? | makes its own foodhave a nucleusmove???? |
17. What mnemonic device do we use to remember the 6 groups in a kingdom? | King Phillp David Came Over For Good Seafood |
18. What is a dichotomous key? | key aranged in steps w/ descriptive statementsat each step |
19. Why are dichotomous keys used? | 2 find out the names of various organisms |
20. Where are dichotomous keys found | field guides scientific |
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