Chapter 9, 10-1, 10-2 Flashcards
Classiftying livings things help humans beings ____________.
improve the world
What is classification?
Classification is putting things into orderly groups based on similar characteristics.
Taxonomy
The science of describing, classifying, and naming organisms.
Today, the system of classification is similar to the system developed by_______________.
Carols Linnaeus
Before the 1960s scientists divided organisms into what two groups?
Scientists divided all organisms in either plants, or animals.
__________________, a Swedish scientists, created the first organized, modern taxonomy.
Carolus Linnaeus
How many levels of classification do scientists use today?
8
All organisms are classified into _______________.
One of three domains
Each domain of organisms are divided into several _______.
Kingdoms
The smallest, most specific classification level is ______.
Species
What is the order of classification from largest to smallest?
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
Organisms only have _________ scientific name(s).
1
How was maiming different before Carolus Linnaeus came along? Why was the past method inefficient?
Before Carolus Linnaeus created his maiming system, scientific names were sometimes up to even twelve words long. It was difficult for scientists to write such long names for each organism.
The scientific name for the Asian elephant is Elephas maximus.
Elephas indicated the _______.
Genus
All scientific names have _________ word(s).
Two
The ______ is first and it is ________.
Genus, capitalized
The ________ is second and it begins with a ________ letter.
Species, lowercase
When typing, scientific names are ________ and when writing, they are _________.
Italicized, underined
