Early Origins
He is known as the father of modern taxonomy.
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
This phylum contains clams, oysters, barnacles, squids, and octopi.
What is Mollusk or Mollusca?
The term refers to the classification and naming of species.
What is taxonomy?
This Class is for the birds and the term refers to the principle of flight.
What is Aves?
This domain includes the pathogen which causes strep throat.
What is bacteria?
In ancient Greece, this person classified organisms by air, water and land dwellings.
Who is Aristotle?
A human belongs to this phylum.
What is Chordata?
The level of classification which includes Felis and Canis.
What is genus?
Chondrichthyes, such a sharks and rays, don't have bones, but rather this strong flexible material.
What is cartilage?
The domain that represents extremophiles?
What is Archaea?
The "father of botany" was this Socratic successor.
Who is Theophrastus?
Insects, crabs and lobsters belong to a phylum which means "jointed feet".
What is arthropoda?
A primate is included in this taxonomic rank.
What is order?
It is the class that resides in water and on land.
What is amphibia?
Plants, animals, protists and fungi are all included in this domain.
What is Eukarya?
This man gave us the word species.
Who is John Ray?
It is the phylum of a starfish and brittle star.
What is echinodermata?
It includes both the Genus and the specific epithet.
What is a species?
The class characterized by hair and mammary glands.
What are mammals?
This common bacterium lives in our large intestine.
What is E. Coli?
In 1813 he introduced the word "taxonomy".
Who is A.P. de Candolle
If you ever get a tapeworm, you'll have experience with this phylum.
What is platyhelminthes?
Felidae represents the order of these obligate carnivores.
What are cats?
Osteichthyes describes this bony type of animal.
What are fish?
An organism of Archaea that loves high temperatures.
What is a thermophile?