Vocabulary
A group of similar organisms that can mate and reproduce.
What is species?
It is estimated that there are approximately this many species of organisms on Earth.
What is 8.7 million?
The scientific study of how organisms are classified.
What is taxonomy?
A classification grouping of similar, closely related organisms.
What is genus?
Evidence from1000s of scientist investigations support this idea.
What is evolution?
The broadest level of organization.
What is domain?
In the 1730s, a biologist arranged organisms in groups based on their observable features.
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
Taxonomy is used to identify these.
What are unknown/newly discovered organisms?
A complete scientific name is written this way.
What is italics?
People thought that species never changed when he was alive.
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
To find out an answer by doing research.
What is to determine?
The first word in the binomial nomenclature.
What is genus?
Archaea, Eukarya, and Bacteria.
What are 3 domains?
This language was used in the naming system by scientist.
What is Latin?
Scientist had to change the placement of organisms within the classification system when they discovered this.
What is convergent evolution?
The process by which unrelated organisms evolve similar characteristics.
What is convergent evolution?
These people place similar organisms into groups based on their characteristics.
Who are Biologist?
Plants, animals, fungi, Protista.
What are eukaryotes?
The first letter in the first word is like this.
What is capitalized?
Giving a two-part scientific name that indicates it genus and species.
What is binomial nomenclature?
This is the process of grouping things based on their similarities.
What is classification?
Can help you to memorize a list of terms in order.
What is a mnemonic?
The more classification levels two organisms share, the more characteristics they have in common, and this means they are________.
What is closely related?