Taxonomy

Question 1

How many species are there

Answer 1

13 billion

Question 2

What percent of all organisms that have ever lived is this?

Answer 2

5%

Question 3

Are all organisms on earth today identified

Answer 3

No

Question 4

Define classification

Answer 4

The arrangement of organisms into groups based on their similarities

Question 5

Who was the first taxonomist and what 2 groups did he place organisms in

Answer 5

Aristotle and animals and plants

Question 6

How did Aristotle subdivide his 2 groups

Answer 6

By habitat

Question 7

What 18th century taxonomist developed the naming system still used today

Answer 7

Linnaeus

Question 8

How did Linnaeus group his organisms

Answer 8

By structure

Question 9

What is Linnaeus’s naming system called

Answer 9

Binomial nomenclature

Question 10

What language is used for scientific naming

Answer 10

Latin

Question 11

Sometimes, scientific names may be —– instead of Latin

Answer 11

Greek

Question 12

Who is the father of taxonomy

Answer 12

Linnaeus

Question 13

Explain binomial nomenclature

Answer 13

2 word name, genus and species

Question 14

How do scientific names appear when hand written

Answer 14

Underlined

Question 15

How do scientific names appear in print

Answer 15

italicized

Question 16

Which word of a scientific name must be capitalized

Answer 16

Genus

Question 17

What is the common and scientific name for people

Answer 17

Homo sapiens

Question 18

What is a taxon

Answer 18

Category/ group into related organisms are placed

Question 19

What is the plural form of taxon

Answer 19

Taxa

Question 20

There is a ——– of groups that goes from the broadest grouping to the most ——- grouping

Answer 20

Hierarchy and specific

Question 21

8 taxa in order from broadest to most specific

Answer 21

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

Question 22

What is the newest and broadest taxon

Answer 22

Domain

Question 23

What is the most specific taxon

Answer 23

Species

Question 24

Humans belong to which taxa

Answer 24

Eukarya

Question 25

Name 3 domains

Answer 25

Prokarya, arches and bacteria, eukarya

Question 26

What are the main characteristics of the domain eukarya

Answer 26

Eukaryotes, nucleus, and membrane bound organelles

Question 27

Where do archaea live? Give examples

Answer 27

Harsh environments sewage plants

Question 28

Where are eubacteria found

Answer 28

All habitatas

Question 29

Some bacteria cause---- but may act as -------- and are important to the ---------------

Answer 29

Disease, decomposes, environment

Question 30

Where do some types of eubacteria live in animals

Answer 30

Intestines

Question 31

The domain eukarya is divided into how many kingdoms

Answer 31

4

Question 32

List 4 kingdoms of eukarya and examples of organisms in them

Answer 32

1- animal, human 2- plant, tree 3- fungi, mushrooms 4- protist, algae

Question 33

Blank and blank kingdoms contain only multicellular organisms

Answer 33

Animal and plant

Question 34

Where are protist found and list the main characteristics

Answer 34

Aquatic water, unicellular some multi some autotrophic

Question 35

All members of kingdom fungi are blank except for uni blank

Answer 35

Multi and yeast