Classifications
Kingdoms
Scientific names
Vocabulary
Taxonomy
100
What is the largest most general classification
What is kingdom
100
What environment do archaebacteria thrive in
What is extreme environments: example: hot springs in yellowstone
100
The first part of the scientific name identifies the ______
What is genus
100
Definition of prokaryote
What is organisms that do not have a nucleus
100
T/F Only some living things have a two-part scientific name?
What is False
200
Definition of classification
What is the arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based on their similarities
200
Name the two kingdoms of bacteria
What is eubacteria, archaebacteria
200
The _____ name always begins with a lowercase letter
What is species
200
______ are single celled or multicellular organisms
What is protists
200
T/F Taxonomists classify organisms based on presumed evolutionary relationships.
What is true
300
What type of diagram shows the evolutionary relationships between organisms
What is branching
300
most bacteria are classified under which kingdom
What is eubacteria
300
The scientific name for the European white water lily is Nymphaea alba. What is the species to which this plant belongs
What is alba
300
______ are extremely small single celled organisms
What is bacteria
300
What is the definition of taxonomy?
What is the science of identifying, classifying, and naming living things.
400
What is the advantage to having one scientific name
What is no confusion among scientists
400
What is the difference between the plant and fungi kingdom
What is plants use photosynthesis for energy where as, fungi absorb their nutrients from their surroundings.
400
What tool helps in aiding to identify unknown organisms
What is dichotomous keys
400
Definition of taxonomy
What is The science of identifying, classifying and naming living things
400
Who founded taxonomy?
What is Linnaeus
500
Name the 7 classifications in order from largest to smallest
What is Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
500
List the six kingdoms
What is archaebacteria, eubacteria, animal, plant, fungi, protists
500
a _____ name is always the same for a specific organism no matter how many common names it might have
What is scientific
500
Definition of eukaryotes
What is organisms that have cells with a nucleus and membrane bound organelle.
500
What is the purpose of a branching diagram
What is to show the evolutionary relationship between organisms
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