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Taxonomy\ 7 kingdoms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define taxonomy | Study of classifying organisms & assigning each organism a name |
| Who was Carolus Linnaeus? | He developed the Binomial Nomenclature or a 2 word naming system |
| What is the first part of the scientific name? | Genus (capitalized, and underline/ italics) |
| What is the second part of the scientific name? | Species name (lower cased, and underline/ italics) |
| How many taxa levels are there in Linnaeus system? | 7 |
| List the taxa levels from largest to smallest, remember; King Paul Cried Out For Good Soup | Kingdom, Phlyum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
| Define Phylogeny | Study of evolutionary relationships among organisms |
| CLADOGRAM: What are the characteristics listed below the line called? | Derived |
| CLADOGRAM: When does an organism lack the derived character? | When the character appears above the organism |
| CLADOGRAM: When does an organism possess the derived character? | When the character appears below the organism |
| Describe the plantae kingdom | Multicellular & eukaryotic |
| Describe the anamalia kingdom | Multicellular & eukaryotic |
| Describe the fungi kingdom | Multicellular & eukaryotic |
| Describe the protest kingdom | Unicellular and Multicellular & eukaryotic |
| Describe the Eubacteria kingdom | Unicellular & Prokaryotic |
| Describe the archaebacteria kingdom | Unicellular & Prokaryotic |
| Name the 6 kingdoms | Plantae, Anamalia, fungi, protista, Eubacteria, archaebacteria |