B15.9 Classification

Question 1

What is classification?O

Answer 1

Organisation of living things into groups according to their similarities

Question 2

What is the main reason for develop classification?

Answer 2

Enables use to recognise the biodiversity present in the world with a common language in which most people can talk about

Question 3

What are the several stages of the Linnaeus system?

Answer 3

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus 
Species

Question 4

What are the 2 types of kingdoms?

Answer 4

Animals and plants

Question 5

What is the smallest group in the Linnaeus system?

Answer 5

Species - group of organism that can breed together and produce fertile offspring

Question 6

What is the binomial system?

Answer 6

Is a naming system which can be understood globally - it uses the genus and the species

Question 7

What are the rules of writing scientific name?

Answer 7

First name is the name of genus to which the organism belongs to - written with capital letter
Second name is the name of the species and it is written with a lowercase letter
The 2 names are underline when hand written or are in italics when printed

Question 8

What are the main kingdoms in the modern classification system?

Answer 8

Archaea
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plants
Animal