Grouping Organisms

Question 1

What are living organisms?

Answer 1

Anything that has all or most of the seven characteristics of a living organism:
Excretion, Respiration, Reproduction, Nutrition, Movement, Sensitivity and Growth.

Question 2

What are the 7 Characteristics of living organisms?

Answer 2

Excretion, Respiration, Reproduction, Nutrition, Movement, Sensitivity and Growth.

Question 3

The study by which organisms are classified

Answer 3

Taxonomy

Question 4

Who founded the study of which organisms are classified/species?

Answer 4

Carl Linnaeus

Question 5

What is a species?

Answer 5

The basic unit of classification

Question 6

What are the categories of the classification system in order of largest to smallest?

Answer 6

Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 7

What system is used to name living organisms?

Answer 7

Binomial Naming system

Question 8

What is the Binomial naming system?

Answer 8

A system used to name organisms with the combination of their species and genus name.