Sorting it all out
The 8 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest
What are domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Bacteria are made up of these kinds of simple cells
The process of grouping things based on their similarities
Classification
The 2 word system for naming organisms
Binomial nomenclature
The process by which species gradually change over time
Evolution
The number of Kingdoms
What is six?
More complex organisms are made up of these kinds of cells
The "odds and ends" Kingdom
Protista
The process of naming and classifying organisms
What is taxonomy?
The "Father of Evolution"
The category that contains several similar phyla
Eukaryotes have this important organelle among others that are bound by membranes.
What is a nucleus?
The kingdoms whose members do not have a nucleus
What are Archaebacteria and Eubacteria?
These two words make up a scientific name
What are genus and species?
In his research on the Galapagos Islands, Darwin studied this type of bird
Finches
The person who first used our current system of classification
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
This contains very extreme bacteria
Archaea or Archaebacteria
The primary difference between the plant and animal kingdoms
What is plants are autotrophic and/or have a cell wall?
Members of the same species are able to do this together.
What is produce fertile offspring?
This scientist developed the foundation of our current system of classification
The category that contains many similar families
What is an order?
This Kingdom contains bacteria that we may encounter, such as the one that causes strep throat
What is Eubacteria (Bacteria)?
The kingdoms that contain at least one unicellular organism
What are Archaea, Bacteria, Protista and Fungi?
Scientific names are always underlined or in italics and written in this language
What is Latin?
This scientist classified animals into groups of those that swim, those that fly and those that walk, crawl or run.
Aristotle