Classification

Question 1

What is species and taxonomy?

Answer 1

Putting animals and plants into groups

Question 2

What order did Linnaeus come up with>

Answer 2

Kingdom (plants)
Phylum (flowering plants)
Class (dicots)
Order (roses and their allies)
Family (rose family)
Genus (Rosa)
species (Rosa Gallica)

Question 3

What are the 5 kingdoms?

Answer 3

Plants
Animals
Fungi
Bacteria
Protists

Question 4

What is taxonomy?

Answer 4

A phylogenetic classification system attempts to arrange species into groups based on their evolutionary origins and relationships. It uses a hierarchy in which smaller groups are placed within larger groups, with no overlap between groups. Each group is called a taxon (plural taxa).

Question 5

What is phylogenetic?

Answer 5

relating to the evolutionary development and diversification of a species or group of organisms, or of a particular feature of an organism.

Question 6

What is hierarchy?

Answer 6

the systemic organisation of organisms into levels.

Question 7

What are the classifications of humans?

Answer 7

• domain - eukaryota
• kingdom - animalia
• phylum - Chordata
• class - mammalia
• order - primata
• family - hominidae
• genus - homo
• species - Homo sapiens

Question 8

What group organisms are used in taxonomy?

Answer 8

• morphology
• ultrastructure
• embryology
• paleontology
• ethology
• biochemistry
• molecular biology