Classification of Living Things (Ch 24)

Question 1

Taxonomy

Answer 1

arrange organisms into different groups based on their similarities + evolutionary history (name, describes and classify organisms)

Question 2

Biological diversity (biodiversity)

Answer 2

variety of organisms

Question 3

Systematics

Answer 3

Studies diversity of organisms + evolutionary relationships to one another

Question 4

who classified plants according to size, dividing them into trees, shrubs + herbs

Answer 4

Aristotle

Question 5

who classified animals as useful, harmful, and superfluous (to humans)

Answer 5

St. Augustine

Question 6

who sorted organisms according to their shared physical characteristics

Answer 6

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 7

how does Binomial nomenclature work

Answer 7

1st name (capitalized) = Genus of organism
2nd name = species of organisms

Question 8

3 Domains of Life

Answer 8

1. bacteria
2. archaea
3. eukarya

Question 9

what is kingdom monera

Answer 9

prokaryotic organisms (not membrane bound nucleus / organelles)

Question 10

2 kingdoms in prokaryotic category

Answer 10

archaea and bacteria

Question 11

Archaea (what and where)

Answer 11

Simple, small, cells has DNA + ribosome
Found in extreme environments (very hot / salty)

Question 12

Bacteria

Answer 12

Simple, small, cells has DNA + ribosome
found in every type of environment

Question 13

what does eukaryote consist

Answer 13

Fungi, plants, animals, protists

Question 14

3 kingdom of Eukaryote + group

Answer 14

Kingdoms Plantae
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Animalia
Protists (group)

Question 15

Class

Answer 15

subdivision of a phylum

Question 16

order

Answer 16

subdivision of a class

Question 17

term for subdivision or an order

Answer 17

family

Question 18

order of Taxonomy Ranks

Answer 18

Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Question 19

Domain

Answer 19

Eukarya

Question 20

Kingdom

Answer 20

Animalia (nucleus and heterotroph)

Question 21

Phylum

Answer 21

Chordata (organisms that have a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord,
pouches, post-anal tail).

Question 22

Class

Answer 22

Mammalia (organisms that have hair and mammary glands).

Question 23

Order

Answer 23

Primates (mammals that have relatively large brains and opposable thumbs).

Question 24

Family

Answer 24

Hominidae (Primates that lack a tail and have upright posture).

Question 25

Genus

Answer 25

Homo (Hominids with large brains).

Question 26

Species

Answer 26

Sapiens