Unit 11 Taxonomy Flashcards
Taxonomy
Identification and classification of organisms
What Greek philosopher grouped animals into land dwellers, water dwellers, and air dwellers and classified plants into 3 categories on the basis of their what
Aristotle, stems
Who devised the 2 name system of naming organisms
Linnaeus
The domains of 3 domain system of classification are what
Archaea, Eubacteria, Eukarya
Phylogeny
Evolutionary history of a species
All scientific names are made up of 2 words that are often derived from what language
Latin
The first word of a scientific name is the what to which the organism belongs
Genus
Poison Ivy is Alison known as Rhus toxicodendron. It’s species identifier is
Toxicodendron
Two organisms in the same class but different orders will be in the same what
Phylum
Most multicellular uncleared autotrophs that carry on photosynthesis belong to what kingdom
Plantae
Most cellular uncleared heterotrophs that always obtain food by absorbing nutrients from the environment belong to what kingdom
Fungi
Archaebacteria
Simple non uncleared organisms that use hydrogen to produce methane
The more classification categories 2 species share the more what they have in common
Characteristics
A genus is subdivided into smaller groups called
Species
Kingdom
Largest category
Species
Smallest category: only one organism