Classification
The 4th and 5th categories of Linneas' classification that break classes into smaller groups with common characteristics.
What are Order and Family?
This kingdom consists of bacterial organisms.
What is Monera?
Able to make their own food.
What is an autotroph?
An educated guess.
What is hypothesis?
Credited with the first system of classifying living things.
Who is Aristotle?
The 2nd category of Linneas' classification and is based on similarities in basic body structure and organization.
What is Phylum?
This kingdom is multi-cellular and practices photosynthesize.
What is Plantae?
Containing many cells.
What is multicellular?
The part of the experiment that is being measured?
What is RESPONDING VARIABLE or dependent variable?
Is a system of naming organism by their genus and species using Latin.
What is Binomial Nomenclature?
The highest category in the Linnaean system of classification.
What is Kingdom?
This kingdom is multi cellular, ingests food, and has movement.
What is Animalia?
A cell that DOES NOT have a nucleus.
What is a prokaryote?
Why do we perform experiments?
To test the hypothesis
The science concerned with the naming and classification of organisms.
What is Taxonomy?
The 3rd category of Linneas' classification breaks down animals based on body coverings, reproductive system, and temperature regulation.
What is Class?
This kingdom consists of molds and yeasts.
What is Fungi?
What is unicellular?
During this activity a scientists carries out two tests that are identical in every respect except for one factor.
What is a controlled experiment?
A series of paired statements that describe the physical characteristics of different organisms.
What is a taxonomic key (dichotomous key)?
The 6th category of Linneas' classification refers to a group of closely related species.
What is Genus?
This kingdom consists of paramecia and amoeba
What is Protista?
A cell that does contain a nucleus
What is Eukaryote?
Name the steps of the scientific method in order:
What is:
Ask a question, hypothesis, experiment, data, analyze, conclude, retest and communicate?
Is credited with devloping the modern method of classification.
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?