Vocabulary
Science of classifying living things
Taxonomy
What is one way you can classify shoes?
Color, style, brands, etc.
Each phylum is divided into bigger or smaller groups?
Bonus: What are these groups called?
Smaller
Bonus: Classes
True or False: All organisms were classified as either plants or animals
True
How did Theophrastus classify plants?
Size and kinds of stem
Classification group made up of related species
Genus
Scientists who classify living things are called what?
Taxonomists
The number of different kinds of organisms in each group increases or decreases as you move from each level
Decreases
What did scientists discover using the electron microscope?
That some microscopic organisms are not all alike. The microscopic organisms do not have a nucleus or other cell organelles
List the seven classification groups
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
Classification group made up of related classes
Phylum
What makes it easier for scientists to identify a newly discovered organism?
Classification
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
A swedish botanist: who developed a system of naming organisms
True or False: Scientists want to make a sixth kingdom just for viruses
True
How did Linnaeus classify organisms?
By there physical appearance
Single-celled organisms that do not have a nucleus
Monerans
How many different kinds of organisms have been discovered?
1.5 million
A scietific name is made up of what? ____ and ____
There are two words!
Genus and Species
Bacteria are examples of what?
Think of a vocabulary term!
Monerans
Who was known as the founder of modern taxonomy?
Linnaeus
Single-celled organisms that have a nucleus
Protists
What do Taxonomist study?
There are two things!
Cells of an organism and the blood of animals
Each species only has _____ kind of organism.
one
What are the five kingdoms?
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
What are the three groups of animals?
Land animals, Water animals, and Air animals