Intro to Diversity *IMPORTANT*

Question 1

Taxonomy

Answer 1

The practice of classifying plants, animals, and other organisms according to their presumed natural relationships

Question 2

Taxa

Answer 2

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Question 3

Domain

Answer 3

3 groups: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
NOTE: Archaea and Bacteria are Prokaryotic cells
Eukarya are Eukaryotic cells

Question 4

Kingdom

Answer 4

Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Animalia, Plantae

Question 5

Aristotle

Answer 5

Father of biological classification, distinguished organisms as plants vs. animals

Question 6

Linnaeus

Answer 6

Arranged organisms into categories from broadest to smallest
Came up with the following categories: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Came up with ‘binomial nomenclature’