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Scientific Names
100

Name one of the 8 levels of classification

domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

100
How many different domains are there?
3
100
How many different kingdoms are there?
6
100

Who developed the 8 levels of the classification system?

Carolus Linnaeus

200
What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?
domain
200

Name one of the 3 domains.

Archae, Bacteria, Eukarya

200

Name one of the 6 Kingdoms.

Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Arachaebacteria, and Eubacteria

200
What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?
taxonomy
300
What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?
species
300
What domain are humans and other animals in?
Eukarya
300
What is the only kingdom where all members have cells that lack cell walls completely?
animal
300
What two words make up a scientific name? (What is the first word and what is the second word?)
genus and species
400
What is the category that contains many similar phyla?
kingdom
400
What domain contains very extreme bacteria, whose names often end in -phile?
Archaea
400

Name a difference between plants and fungi.

plants are autotrophs, fungi are heterotrophs; plant cell walls have cellulose, fungi cell walls have chitin

400

What are inherited characteristics shared by members of a species?

Traits

500
What is the category that contains many similar families?
order
500
What domain contains bacteria that we may encounter, such as E. coli?
Bacteria
500

Name a difference between the plant and animal kingdom.

plants are autotrophs, animals are heterotrophs; plants have a cell wall, animals do not

500

What is the name of a rank or group of organisms sharing a set of traits?

Taxon