Vocabulary
What is a group of organisms that can mate and successfully reproduce?
Species
This is the largest category of taxonomy. (Hint: above Kingdoms)
Domains- There are 3 of them
How many kingdoms are there in Linnaeans Classification system?
Six
Classifying living things helps human beings
make sense and order of the world around them.
An organism's scientific name identifies these two levels of classification.
Genus and Species
What is the science of classifying things into groups based on similar characteristics?
Taxonomy
This category comes after order and before genus.
Family
Who developed the basis of modern classification?
Carl Linnaeus
The more closely related living things are to each other, the more
characteristics they share
Canis lupus is the scientific name for a wolf. What species does the wolf belong to?
lupus
Putting things into orderly groups based on similar characteristics is called
Classification
This comes after phylum and before order.
Class
Which Kingdom is nick named the junk drawer kingdom?
Protist
Absorb energy from dead organisms.
Decomposer
A chart with paired questions that scientists use to identify organism, sometimes the scientific name
Dichotomous Key
An organism with cells that contain nuclei?
Eukaryote
This category is divided into animal, plant, fungi, protists, and eubacteria and archaea.
Kingdom
List the 6 kingdoms. Any order!!
Plant, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Animal, Fungi and Protist
Which kindgom live in extreme environments, such as hot springs or salty lakes?
Archaebacteria
The Genus part of the scientific name starts with this kind of letter.
Upper case letter
What is an organism whose cells lack in a nucleus?
Prokaryote
The animal kingdom contains about 35 of these and the plant kingdom about 12.
Phyla (Phylum)
What are the seven levels of classification of living things (from least to most specific)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Which kingdom includes mushrooms, molds, and yeast, and gets nutrients by breaking down other organisms.
Fungi
This part of the scientific name is the MOST SPECIFIC.