Classification Hierarchy
This is the most broad level of classification.
What is a kingdom?
This is the name of scientists who identify and name organisms.
Who are taxonomists?
The two parts of a scientific name.
Genus species
Meaning two.
What is the prefix di?
I am heterotropic, eukaryotic, with no cell walls and sexual reproduction.
Who is the kingdom Animalia?
This is the most specific level of classification
What is a species?
One benefit of taxonomy is it helps prevent these, which is another word for an incorrect or misleading word
What are misnomers?
The scientific name for this animal is Canis lupis familiaris.
What is a dog?
Used to identify organisms that have already been classified.
What is a dichotomous key?
I am autotrophic and eukaryotic. I have cell walls.
Who are plants?
This is the sentence I gave you to help remember the order of the classification groups.
The 18th century taxonomist who developed the naming scheme we use now.
Who is Carolus Linneaus?
This part of the name IS capitalized.
What is the Genus?
A dichotomous key works by reading a _____ of statements, and classifying something based on that.
What is a pair?
I can be heterotrophic OR autotrophic. I perform asexual reproduction. My cells are prokaryotic.
Who are bacteria?
This is what the "P" stands for in the taxonomy groups.
What is Phylum?
The name of the scheme that Linnaeus came up with that we still use today.
What is binomial nomenclature?
When writing by hand, this is what you do to a name.
What is underline it?
Shows how organisms are related based on shared, derived characteristics.
What is a cladogram?
I can be unicellular OR multicellular. I can also perform asexual OR sexual reproduction. Most of the time, I have cells walls. And I am heterotrophic.
Who are fungi?
These organisms can make their own source of energy.
What is an autotroph?
The Greek Philosopher who first classified organisms based on their physical characteristics.
Who is Aristotle?
When in print, this part of the name is NOT capitalized.
What is the species?
Represented by the line on the cladogram that divides the different "trees"
What is the derived characteristic?
I can be autotrophic OR heterotrophic. I can perform asexual OR sexual reproduction. I can be multicellular OR unicellular.
Who are protists?