Taxonomy: Background

Question 1

Study of the classifying, identifying, and describing organisms

Answer 1

Taxonomy

Question 2

He first classified animals as vertebrates or invertebrates

Answer 2

Aristotle

Question 3

Levels of Classification? (in order!)

Answer 3

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Question 4

He named some organisms

Answer 4

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 5

Two proposals (mentioned by Ms. Lou) of Carolus Linnaeus

Answer 5

Two Kingdoms and Binomial Nomenclature

Question 6

Two Kingdoms proposed by Carolus Linnaeus

Answer 6

Kingdom Plantae and Kingdom Animalia

Question 7

Right way to WRITE the binomial nomenclature

Answer 7

Capitalize the first letter of Genus and INDIVIDUALLY underline the genus and species

Question 8

Proposed Kingdom Protista, Fungi and Monera

Answer 8

John Hogg, Ernst Haeckel

Question 9

All types of bacteria

Answer 9

Monera

Question 10

Acquire nourishment from dead organism

Answer 10

Fungi

Question 11

One-celled organism; fungi, algae, bacteria(???)

Answer 11

Protista

Question 12

The only unicellular fungi

Answer 12

Yeast

Question 13

(Proposed the(?)) 5 Kingdom Classification

Answer 13

Thomas Whittacker

Question 14

Added “Domain” to the taxa (note: taxa is the levels of classification)

Answer 14

Carl Woese

Question 15

Two types of Domain

Answer 15

Eukarya and Prokarya

Question 16

Two kinds of bacteria

Answer 16

Eubacteria (true bacteria) and Archaebacteria (lives in extreme environment)

Question 17

Copulatory organs for prokaryotes

Answer 17

Pilus