chapter 2

Question 1

What is classification?

Answer 1

Placing living organisms into groups (taxa) based on their similarities and differences.

Question 2

Name 3 reasons why we classify living things today.

Answer 2

• it helps when trying to identifiy unknown organisms
• it can reflect on evolutionary relationships
• it makes it easier to study organisms
• it enables us to keep track of all organisms
• it is vital to arrange organisms into order
• it enables us to communicate globally about organisms

Question 3

Name the 7 taxa.

Answer 3

• kingdom
• phylum
• class
• order
• family
• genus
• species

Question 4

Name the 5 Kingdoms.

Answer 4

• prokaryotes
• protoctista
• plantae
• fungi
• animalia

Question 5

State the classification of humans.

Answer 5

kingdom: animalia
phylum: chordata
class: mammalia
order primates
family: hominidae
genus: homo
species: sapiens