taxonomy

Question 1

what do taxonomy and classification involve?

Answer 1

grouping organisms together for identification purposes

Question 2

what are the groups in classification called?

Answer 2

taxons

Question 3

what are the groups in classification arranged in?

Answer 3

hierarchy

Question 4

what is the largest taxa called?

Answer 4

domains

Question 5

what are the 3 domains?

Answer 5

eukarya, archaea, bacteria

Question 6

what are the domains divided into?

Answer 6

kingdom phylum class order family genus species

Question 7

what is a hierarchy?

Answer 7

smaller groups within larger groups with no overlap

Question 8

what is the binomial system used for?

Answer 8

allows scientists to communicate with each other despite language barriers

Question 9

how do scientists write a species name?

Answer 9

write the GENUS name starting with a capital letter and the SPECIES name starting with a lower case letter

Question 10

how does classification work in terms of moving up through it?

Answer 10

as you rise through the ranks, the individuals show more and more diversity. The number of similarities and level of relatedness gets less. There is one or more species in each genus, these are closely related and show similar features