Rules of Taxonomy
The only taxon NOT capitalized when writing
What is the species name?
Earliest Taxonomist
Who is Aristotle?
Classified organisms by these traits (name at least 1)
What is structure & function?
The mnemonic phrase used to remember the order of the Taxon
What is Did King PHillip come over for good spaghetti?
Name for Ancient bacteria, that typically reside in extreme locations
What is Archaea?
Kingdom containing algae
What is Protista?
Number of words in the scientific name of an organism
What is two?
Two languages used for scientific naming
What are Latin & Greek?
This is a Linnaean Naming system, using two names
What is Binomial Nomenclature?
Most recent category added to taxons and the most encompassing
What is Domain?
Kingdom of bacteria that causes disease but also makes commercial food like yogurt
What is Eubacteria?
The only two completely multicellular kingdoms
What are Plantae & Animalia?
When two organisms have a taxon in common, what is true about the other taxon above it?
What is they are the same?
What are polynomials?
The book(s) written by Linnaeus outlining how and what organisms were named was titled...
What is Systema Naturae. ?
Taxon above Order
What is Class?
Niche for most Eubacteria that helps rid the environment of roadkill
What are decomposers?
Two kingdoms whose members contain cell walls
What is Fungi & Plantae?
Most binomial nomenclatures follow what language
What is Latin?
Known as the "Father of Taxonomy"
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
This portion must be capitalized in Binomial Nomenclature
What is Genus?
Kingdom name for the dumping ground - organisms that do not fit into other categories
What is protista?
All organisms in these two domains have their DNA found in the cytoplasm of the cell. What type of cell are they?
What is prokaryotic?
Kingdoms that have photosynthetic members in ANY domain (name 2 out of 3 of them)
What is Eubacteria, Protista or Plantae?
"Scientific Naming" must follow these rules for Genus and species
What is Binomial Nomenclature?
When an organisms has three names, the third represents what
Who is subspecies?
Binomial Nomenclature names appears this way in print
What is italicized or underlined ?
Class for humans, whales, dogs, and other birth giving, milk producing, ossicle containing organisms
What is Mammalia?
Food product made by bacteria (Name 3)
What is yogurt, cheese, wine or buttermilk?
Only unicellular member of the Kingdom Fungi
What are yeast?