Taxonomy Flashcards
How many species are there
13 billion
What percent of all organisms that have ever lived is this?
5%
Are all organisms on earth today identified
No
Define classification
The arrangement of organisms into groups based on their similarities
Who was the first taxonomist and what 2 groups did he place organisms in
Aristotle and animals and plants
How did Aristotle subdivide his 2 groups
By habitat
What 18th century taxonomist developed the naming system still used today
Linnaeus
How did Linnaeus group his organisms
By structure
What is Linnaeus’s naming system called
Binomial nomenclature
What language is used for scientific naming
Latin
Sometimes, scientific names may be —– instead of Latin
Greek
Who is the father of taxonomy
Linnaeus
Explain binomial nomenclature
2 word name, genus and species
How do scientific names appear when hand written
Underlined
How do scientific names appear in print
italicized