Taxonomy

Question 1

Taxonomy

Answer 1

The science of classifying, identifying, describing, and naming organisms.

Question 2

What did Aristotle contribute to Taxonomy?

Answer 2

1. He created the list of animals
2. Grouped animals together by characteristics
3. Influenced Zoology

Question 3

What famous writing did Aristotle create to describe animals?

Answer 3

Historia Animalium

Question 4

How did Aristotle classify animals?

Answer 4

1. Body Parts
2. Ways of life
3. Specific Characteristics

Question 5

How did Theophrastus contribute to Taxonomy?

Answer 5

1. Found similarities/differences of plants

2. Followed same way that Aristotle used

Question 6

What famous writing did Theophrastus create to describe plants?

Answer 6

De Histeria Plantarum and De Causis Plantarum

Question 7

What did Carolus Linnaeus contribute to Taxonomy?

Answer 7

1. Created the Two Kingdom System (Animal and Plant)

2. Binomial Naming System (K,P,C,O,F,G,S)

Question 8

Euglena

Answer 8

A single cell that has a body system like a plant, but moves like a animal. They eat bacteria!

Question 9

What did Ernst Haeckel contribute to Taxonomy?

Answer 9

Created the Three Kingdom System (Animal, Plant, and Protists)

Question 10

How did Ernst describe Protists?

Answer 10

They’re not an animal, plant or fungus

Question 11

What did Robert Whitlar contribute to Taxonomy?

Answer 11

1. Created the Five Kingdom System (Animal, Plant, Protists, Fungi, and Monera or Prokaryotes)
2. Described the difference between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

Question 12

What did Carl Woese and George Fox contribute to Taxonomy?

Answer 12

1. Created the Three Domain System (Bacteria, Archae, and Eukaryote)
2. Used DNA to classify organisms and their origins

Question 13

What RNA is common in all organisms and is highly conversed?

Answer 13

SSU rRNA