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Life Sci Mid II
Midterm study stack Chapter II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An organism's scientific name can | never be changed |
| Which of the following lists astarts with the largest group and goes to the smallest group | class, order, family |
| The science of classifying organisms into groups is ___. | taxonomy |
| to arrange things into groups is to | classify them |
| how many kingdoms are there in the modern classification system | 6 |
| The system of naming organisms is called ___. | binomial nomenclature |
| Carolus Linnaeus introduced his sytem of naming organisms in ___. | 1753 |
| Name the two books Linnaeus wrote | Species Plantarum Systema Naturae |
| List the characteristics of biblical kind. | 1. they can reproduce 2. their offspring can reproduce |
| Give three reasons why Linneaus chose Latin to scientifically name organisms | unchanging,descriptive,a root of many modern languages |
| list the basic levels of classification (from largest to smallest)devised by Carolus Linnaeus | Kingdon, Phylum, Class Order |
| Name all the kingdoms | Kingdom Archaebacteria Kingdom Eubacteria Kingdom Protista Kingdom Fungi Kingdom Plantae Kingdom Animalia |