Sect 1.4

Question 1

: the science of classifying living
things

Answer 1

Taxonomy

Question 2

the assignment of scientific
names to the various taxonomic categories
and individual organisms

Answer 2

Nomenclature

Question 3

Classification

Answer 3

the orderly arrangement of
organisms into a hierarchy

Question 4

Identification:

Answer 4

the process of discovering
and recording traits of organisms so they can
be placed in a taxonomic scheme

Question 5

Which scientist established the system of
scientific nomenclature in 1735

Answer 5

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 6

Binomial nomenclature

Answer 6

Each organism has two names: the genus and
the specific epithet/species

Question 7

scientific names are italicized when they are
written in

Answer 7

Print

Question 8

scientific names are underlined when they are

Answer 8

written by hand

Question 9

when the name is abbreviated,

Answer 9

the genus name is abbreviated to the first initial followed by a period and the full species name is written

Question 10

Organized into several
descending ranks,
beginning with the most
general and ending with
the smallest and most
specific
DKP, COF, GS

Answer 10

Domain
– Kingdom
– Phylum or division
– Class
– Order
– Family
- Genus
-Species