Important People
Who is known as the "father of taxonomy?"
Carl Linnaeus
How many kingdoms are there, and how many did there used to be?
6, there used to be 5.
How many taxons are there?
7 taxons
Who discovered the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin
BONUS POINT QUESTION: Name the 5 classes of Chordata (100 points for each)
Fish, Amphibian, Reptile, Mammal, Birds
Taxonomy is like what thing?
What was Linnaeus trying to do?
Classify organisms
Name the 7 categories of classification
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What is the word for the classification of things into groups?
Who discovered gravity?
Isaac Newton
What is the word for how we create scientific names?
Binomial Nomenclature
What is the smallest taxon?
Species
Who discovered Jupiter has 4 moons?
Galileo
What are the three steps to the proper naming of organisms?
1. genus and species
2. capitalize first letter of genus
3. italicize the two words
What is the huge order of mammals that include dolphins, giraffes, and pigs called?
Artiodactyla