Taxonomy And Clasification Flashcards
What is the study of classifying organisms
Binomial Pneumatic lecture
Who is the scientist who developed the modern system of classification
Carl Linneus
The seven levels of classification in order from least specific to most specific
Kingdom, Phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
The largest grouping in the classification of life
Kingdom
A group of related classes would be a
Phylum
A group of related orders would be a
Class
A group of related families would be a
Order
To organisms in the same order would be in the same and
Kingdom, Phylum, class
To organisms in the same family would be in different…
Genus and species
To name naming system used to assign names to organisms
Binomial Naming system
A tool used to identify unknown
Dichotomous key
The first word in a two-part specific name it is one of the levels of classification
This word is uppercase and either italicized or underlined this word is the describing word for the organism and example would be beetle
The second word in a two-part scientific name
The second word is lowercase and either italicized or underlined this Word says what the name of this organism is an example would be Sandy the name of the organism is Sandy
In the scientific name Phyllis don’t Medicus Phyllis is the
Phyllis is the Latin word for cat the first word is the Latin describing wordIt is the genus
In the scientific name canis familiar us familiar us is the
Familiar us would be the species
