classification.

Question 1

what do living things have to be classified depending on?

Answer 1

structure, characteristics.

Question 2

what is the classification system name whereby you classify by structure and characteristic?

Answer 2

binnamal naming system.

Question 3

who developed the binnamal naming system?

Answer 3

carl linnaeus.

Question 4

what could carl linnaeus do?

Answer 4

analyse RNA sequences.

Question 5

what did being able to analyse RNA sequences do to previous thoughts?

Answer 5

some species less related than thought.

Question 6

what system did carl linnaeus create?

Answer 6

3 domain system.

Question 7

what were the 3 domains?

Answer 7

eukaryota, bacteria, archea.

Question 8

what did evolutionary trees show?

Answer 8

relationships between different species or groups.

Question 9

what were evolutionary trees based on?

Answer 9

common ancestors.

Question 10

how were evolutionary trees compared?

Answer 10

structure and DNA.

Question 11

what are the 5 kingdoms?

Answer 11

plant, animal, fungi, prokaryotes and protists.

Question 12

what is the feature of the kingdom: plant?

Answer 12

produce food by photosynthesis, do not move and have cellulose cell wall.

Question 13

what is the feature of the kingdom: animal?

Answer 13

consume food, move and have a nervous system.

Question 14

what is the feature of the kingdom: fungi?

Answer 14

don’t move or photosynthesis, have chitin cell wall and grow by producing spores.

Question 15

what is the feature of the kingdom: prokaryotes?

Answer 15

single cells with no nucleus.

Question 16

what is the feature of the kingdom: protists?

Answer 16

single cells some have chloroplasts but no cell wall.

Question 17

define taxonomy.

Answer 17

classification of species which allows the subdivision of living organisms into smaller and more specialised groups.

Question 18

define binomial names and how should they be written?

Answer 18

system of naming plants and animals by giving them a name consisting of the genus (with a capital letter) then the species eg: homosapien- human. needs to be in italics or underlined.

Question 19

how are kingdoms split into smaller taxonomic groups?

Answer 19

domain.
kingdom.
phylum.
class.
order.
family.
genus.
species.