Categories
Domains
Kingdoms
Scientific Names
100
What are the 8 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest?
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
100
How many different domains are there?
3
100

How many different kingdoms are there in Eukarya?

4

100
What is the 2 word system for naming organisms?
binomial nomenclature
200
What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?
domain
200
Name the 3 domains.
Archae, Bacteria, Eukarya
200

Name the 4 Kingdoms in Eukarya.

Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista

200
What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?
taxonomy
300
What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?
species
300
What domain are humans and other animals in?
Eukarya
300
What is the only kingdom where all members have cells that lack cell walls completely?
animal
300
What two words make up a scientific name? (What is the first word and what is the second word?)
genus and species
400
What is the category that contains many similar phyla?
kingdom
400
What domain contains very extreme bacteria, whose names often end in -phile?
Archaea
400
Name 2 differences between plants and fungi.
plants are autotrophs, fungi are heterotrophs; plant cell walls have cellulose, fungi cell walls have chitin
400

How can you tell if two things are definitely two different species? (Hint: What is the definition of biological species?)

Two different species cannot successfully interbreed or reproduce together.

500
What is the category that contains many similar families?
order
500

What domain contains organisms that we may encounter that can make us sick, such as E. coli?

Bacteria

500
Name 2 differences between the plant and animal kingdom.
plants are autotrophs, animals are heterotrophs; plants have a cell wall, animals do not
500
What is an organism that results from interbreeding between two species? (Hint: This organism is often sterile, like a mule.)
a hybrid
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