Classification of Living Things Flashcards
To put living things into catagories based on their physical features and how closely related they are
classify
The science of naming and grouping organisms
taxonomy
a system of naming every organism with a two part name
binomial nomenclature
The smallest, most specific category of classifying living things; organisms in this group can mate and produce fertile offspring
species
Domain that contains single celled organisms with no nucleus; organisms in this group cannot live in extreme envoronments
bacteria
a synonym for one-celled
unicellular
a synonym for many-celled
multicellular
name the four kingdoms of the domain Eukarya
Animals, Fungi, Plants, Protists
developed the modern system of classification
Linnaeus
The largest, least specific category of classifying living things; there are three of these
domain
Domain that contains single-celled organisms with no nucleus; organisms in this group are “extremophiles”
Archaea
Domain that contains organisms that all have a nucleus
Eukarya
