Linnaean Names
The two classification levels that are combined to create an organism’s scientific name.
Genus and species
The study of how organisms are classified, which scientists use to identify or name new organisms.
taxonomy
This domain includes the kingdoms of plants, animals, and fungi.
Eukarya
A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring.
species
In the scientific name Panthera leo (lion), this word is the species name.
Leo
The term for the two-part naming system used in classification, also called the Linnaean naming system.
Binomial nomenclature
This is the largest (broadest) level of organization in the classification hierarchy.
Domain
This domain contains a group of one-celled organisms with no nucleus, but they are genetically and chemically different from Bacteria.
Archaea
This is the process of grouping things based on their similarities
classification
In the scientific name Panthera leo (lion), this word is the Genus name.
Panthera
This is the group of similar or closely related organisms that makes up the first part of a scientific name.
Genus
The rule to determine how closely related two species are: "The more of these two organisms have in common, the more they are closely related.”
classification levels
The domain that includes one-celled organisms with no nucleus that have different structures and chemicals from Archaea.
Bacteria
If two species are similar, scientists can infer that they may share this
a common ancestor
In the species Canis lupus (wolf) and Canis lupus familiaris (dog), what level of classification do they have in common?
Genus
He was the scientist who first arranged organisms into groups based on their observable features in the 1730s.
Carolus Linnaeus
The process of change over time that has changed how scientists classify species.
evolution
This is the Domain that a giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) belongs to.
Eukarya
This level of classification is more specific than Class but less specific than Family
Order
What is the term for the plural of Genus, used when referring to multiple groups of closely related organisms?
genera
This is a reason scientists do not use common names for organisms.
They can be confusing (or scientific names allow for more name possibility)
This is the one-word reason why two species might have similar characteristics but are not closely related.
adaptation
This is what scientists use today to classify organisms because it shows shared ancestry.
DNA
This level of classification is more specific than Phylum but less specific than Order.
Class
All scientific names, which are a combination of the Genus and species, are always written in this language.
Latin