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Vocabulary
Domain
Extra, Extra
Classification
Tools
100
This is taxonomy.
What is the science of naming and classifying organisms?
100
This is how many domains there are.
What is three?
100
Between phylum and family, this has more groups of organisms. Explain your answer!
What is phylum because because it is a broader or larger group and is ranked higher in the classification system?
100
This was the first scientists to come up with a system of naming and organizing organisms.
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
100
This is a key that gives a series of choices.
What is a dichotomous key?
200
This is classification.
What is the process of sorting organisms based on similarities?
200
The domain Bacteria consists of this kingdom.
What is bacteria?
200
A scientists studying Ursus americanus, Ursus arctos, and Ursus maritimus can draw these conclusions about the organisms.
What is they are all from the same genus; the bear, and so, are all closely related?
200
This group is always the first part of the scientific name and is always capitalized.
What is genus?
200
This why someone would use a dichotomous key.
What is when you have a particular organism that you want to identify?
300
This is a system of naming things using two names each.
What is binomial nomenclature?
300
The domain Archaea consists of this kingdom.
What is archaea?
300
The science of taxonomy allows scientists to do this.
What is classify and name organisms?
300
This group makes up one or more of a genus.
What are species?
300
This is the raddest (to be more radical then normally thought possible by non-rad people) person at Integrity Charter School.
Who is Mrs. Brink?
400
This group of organisms contains the most individuals without backbones.
What is invertebrates?
400
The domain Eukarya contains these kingdoms.
What is protists, fungi, animalia, and plantae?
400
This group includes the most organisms.
What is domain?
400
This is the 8 levels of classification in order.
What is domain, kingdom, phyllum, class, order, family, genus, and species?
400
According to the cladogram, this characteristic is shared by all of the plants.
What is multi-cellular?
500
This is the highest level of classification and contains three different groups of organisms.
What is domain?
500
Early scientists group organisms into these two groups.
What is animals and plants?
500
This allows scientists to use genetic information to classify organisms.
What is DNA?
500
Scientists classify organisms based on these two things.
What traits and DNA?
500
The short horizontal lines on the cladogram represent this.
What is derived or common characteristics?