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Taxonomy
Classification Groups
Clades
Terms
6 Kingdoms
100
the scientific study of how living things are classified
What is taxonomy
100
Organisms have the most in common with other organisms in their __________.
What is species?
100

A clade includes an ancestor and all of its ___.

What are descendants?

100
What is the first word of the two part naming system used to identify a group of similar species?
Genus
100

This Kingdom is defined as: simple, unicellular organisms. They often live in very hot or salty environments.

Archaea 

200

Why do scientists like to organize living things?

to help them communicate easier and understand what they are studying

200
Which is a more general group: kingdom or class?
kingdom
200

This type of diagram shows how clades are related based on common ancestry.

What is a Cladogram?

200

What is the process of grouping things based on their similarities? a. Punnett Square b. classification c. taxonomy d. DNA

B - classification

200

This Kingdom is defined as: Unicellular and more complex than bacteria or archaea.

Protists 

300
the process of grouping things based on their similarities
What is classification?
300
What two levels of classification groups are used in an animal's scientific name?
genus and species
300

Organisms in the same clade share this type of trait inherited from a common ancestor.

What is a homologous trait?

300
The science of classifying is called: a. biology b. taxonomy c. chemistry d. economy
B - taxonomy
300

This Kingdom is defined as: Multicellular and make their own food.

Plants  

400

Carolus Linneaus

Who is the creator of the classification system?

400

What is the two part naming system for classifying animals?

binomial nomenclature

400

Clades can show evolutionary relationships based on ____, not physical similarities.

What is DNA?

400

Which Kingdom is the most complex? 

Animals 

400

This Kingdom is defined as: simple and unicellular organisms

Bacteria 
500

Place the classification groups in the correct order

What is kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species

500

How many classification/taxonomy groups are there?

What is 7

500

If two species are in the same clade, what can you infer about their evolutionary history?

What is they share a common ancestor?

500

_____ is a group of organisms with similar traits and the ability to produce offspring. a. binomial nomenclature b. species c. genus d. classification

B - species

500
What are the rules for writing a scientific name?

Genus is capitalized, species is lower case. Italicized or underlined