B15.10 New Classification Systems

Question 1

What did Carl Woese do ?

Answer 1

To adjust to new discoveries of microorganisms and genetic situs 3x domains introduced above the five kingdoms

Question 2

How are names written in the binomial naming system ?

Answer 2

Names written in Latin for better translation to different languages

Only Genus (capital letter) and species( low case) written
So you would write Homo sapiens

Question 3

What led to the evolutionary tee ?

Answer 3

The development in generic studies, genome can be compared to construct an evolutionary tree

Question 4

How do we classify extinct organisms ?

Answer 4

Their fossils are used to classify and used for evolutionary tree

Question 5

If a polar bear has the Genus Ursus and Species maritimus what is its bio nominal name ?

Answer 5

Ursus maritimus