What is classifications Flashcards
ToWhat is classifications
It is the system of classifying ,organizing and catagorizing of organisms based on their similarities and difference
HWhat is the process of classification of organisms
Taxonomy
What is species
Is a group of organisms that can breed successfuly with one another
Pentadactyl
It means having 5 finger or toes
Why do biologists classify organisms
To simplify their study ,to understand how life orginated,to bring order out of chaos or confussion
What is the system of catagorizing organisms
Taxa
What is morphology
Appearance of an organism
List the main 7 taxa
Kingdom
Phy/division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Which one is the largest taxa
Kingdom
The smallest taxa
Species
What does binomial means
Having two name
Which biologist created the naming system
Carl Linnaeus
What are the main rules for writing a scientific name
- The first is the genus which is written in capital letter or some times only the first letter then is the species which is written in small letter
- If the names are written in hand they need to be underlined and if they are printed they must be italics
Common name
1. Huma
2.dog
3.housefly
4.domestic cat
5.maize
6.bean
7.lion
8.ethiopian wolf
Scientific name
1.homo sapiens
2.canis familaris
3.musca domestica
4.felis domestica
5.zea Mays
6.phaseolus vulgaris
7.panthera Leo
8.canis simensis
Main reasons for classifying and naming or ganisms
- To create an internationally accepted way of refering to a living org
- To avoid confussion created by d/t language
3.to help simplifying classifications and study of living organisms
