17.1- The Linnaean System Of Classification Flashcards
What gives scientists a scientists way to refer to species and organize the diversity of living things?
Taxonomy
What classifies organisms based on their physical structural similarities?
Linnaean taxonomy
A group of organisms based on their physical and structural similarities?
Taxon
What is the basic taxon in the Linnaean system?
Species
A system that gives each species a 2 part scientific name using Latin words
Binomial nomenclature
Includes one or more physically similar species that are thought to be closely related
Genus
Always capitalized and written in italics or underlined
Genus
The second part of the scientific name
Species descriptor
What can refer to a trait of a species, the scientist who first discovered it, or its native land?
Species descriptor
Always lowercase and written in italics or underlined and never written alone
Species descriptor
What are the levels for the Linnaean system in order from most general to the most specific?
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
What does Linnaeus’ system not account for?
Convergent evolution
What are the rules for binomial nomenclature?
- in Latin
- genus comes first
- genus is capitalized
- species comes second
- species is lowercase
- species is never alone
- species and genus is italicized or underlined
What is putting things into orderly groups based on similar characteristics?
Classification
Who was the Swedish scientist who founded modern taxonomy in the 1700s?
Linnaeus
