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Science Chap. 7
Classifying Living Things
| 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 |
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