VOCABULARY
What do we call the part of the earth that can support living things?
biosphere
Who created the classification system?
Carl Linneus
Which kingdom has unicellular organisms that can live in extreme places?
archaebacteria
What are many-celled organisms that grow in moist, dark places called?
fungi
What two levels of the classification system make up the scientific name?
Genus and species
What are single-celled organisms that do not have a nucleus called?
bacteria
What do we call the grouping of things according to their similarities?
classification
Which kingdom has unicellular organisms without a nucleus that can be helpful or harmful?
eubacteria
What are the terms for calls that do not have a nucleus and cells that do have a distinct nucleus?
prokaryotic and eukaryotic
What two languages are used for scientific names?
Greek and Latin
What are characteristics that help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment?
adaptations
What is the study of classification or grouping organisms together called?
taxonomy
animal
Name the 7 levels of the classification system in order.
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species
What do you do to a scientific name when typing it?
italics and capitalize the Genus
What is a group of very similar organisms who can mate and produce offspring called?
species
What two discoveries helped develop the 6 kingdoms we have now?
microscope and genetics
Which kingdom has multicellular organisms that make their own food?
plants
What is the broadest and largest level of the classification system?
kingdom
What do you do to a scientific name when writing it?
underline and capitalize the Genus
What type of vascular plant produces flowers and seeds?
angiosperms
Why do we use scientific names?
To avoid mistakes
To show that organisms in the same genus are related
To give descriptive information
To allow information to be organized easily
Which kingdom has unicellular organisms that have a nucleus?
protists
What is the smallest and most specific level of the classification system?
species
What is the term for the naming system we use for scientific names?
binomial nomenclature