Term | Definition |
Uses paired statements to identify organisms | Dichotomous key |
Broadest classification level | Kingdom |
Prior to 1600 | Only two classification groups used: Plant and animal |
Name the seven levels of classification from broadest to most specific | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
Taxonomy | Scientific study of how things are classified |
Hair and mammary glands describe what group of organisms? | Mammals |
What makes up a scientific name (binomial nomenclature) ? | Genus species |
Most specific classification group | Species |
He founded modern taxonomy | Carolus Linnaeus |
Two part naming system | Binomial Nomenclature |
Kids pick candy over fancy green salads | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
Next broader level to family level | Order |
Name the most specific category in the levels of classification. | Species |
Prokaryote | PRO = NO!! no nucleus, unicellular |
Eukaryote | YOU = EU DO have a nucleus. Multicellular |
Heterotroph | An organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances, usually plant or animal matter. |
Autotroph | Makes it's own food; Plants with chlorophyll. |
All animals, protozoans, fungi, and most bacteria are called (for they way they obtain their food and energy | heterotrophs. |