Vocab
Includes similar species?
Genus
What are the four eukaryotic kingdoms?
Animalia, Fungi, Plantae, Protista
What are the three domains?
Eukarya, Bacteria, Archaea.
group of organisms that are very closely related?
Species
Who simplified the naming of living things with a two-part scientific name?
Carl Linnaeus.
An organism's binomial nomenclature is made up of this?
Genus (uppercase) then species (lowercase) all italicized
Represents the largest differences among organisms in classification?
Domain
Why do classification systems change over time?
Increased knowledge of genetics leads to reclassification.
What is the difference between an autotroph and heterotroph?
Autotrophs: make their own food, Hetero: eat other organisms for food.
The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things?
Taxonomy
How has the classification of living things changed over time?
Unlike before they didn’t have the technology to look at DNA, now we do.
What's a cladogram?
Shows the relationship between species according to common characteristics along a line. Branches extend from this line.
uses a series of paired statements to identify organisms?
Dichotomous Key
What is true about all species that have the same genus?
share common ancestor
Name the eight levels of classification from most general to most specific?
domain, kingdom, phylum , class, order, family, genus , and species.