Living Organisms Flashcards
The discipline of naming or classifying organisms
Taxonomy
one of the first scientists to organize living things using taxonomy
Aristotle
the father of modern taxonomy
Carl Linnaeus
What were the kingdoms Linnaeus divided living organisms into?
plants and animals
What were the Original four levels of each kingdom?
- class
- order
- genus
- species
Who added three more kingdoms in 1969?
Robert Whittaker
prokaryotic, unicellular organisms made up of various kings of bacteria
monera
eukaryotic, single-celled organisms made up of various kinds of bacteria
protista
includes musrooms, yeasts, and certain types of molds
fungi
studied RNA and divided the prokaryotes of kingdom monera into two kingdoms
Carl Woese
What are the seven levels of taxonomy today?
- kingdom
- phylum
- class
- order
- family
- genus
- species
What are the six kingdom levels?
- animalia
- plantae
- fungi
- protista
- archaebacteria
- eubacteria
organisms that are able to naturally interbreed and produce fertile offspring
species
organisms that are named based on their genus and species
binomial nomenclature
means “ two names”
how do bioligists classify organisms?
based on their beliefs about lines of evolutionary descent
the belief that some species are similar becuse of a common ancestor, which would require beand new genetic information to be added to the genome of an orgnaism
evolutionary theory
the belief that God created a wide cariety of unique creatures with a large gene pool, and over time, becuase of migration and naturla selection, this led to many changes within the created species
special creation
not the proof of macroevolution or special creation
seciation
