Classification Unit 1 Test Prep

What does Classification mean?

• A way of organizing similar things together.

• A fancy word for science of classification.

What does Taxonomy mean?

• A tool used to classify organism by comparing two traits at each step.

• Branch of biology that groups and names living organisms

What's the definition of domain?

• Largest/broadest taxa of hierarchy of living organisms

• Smallest/specific taxa of hierarchy of living organisms

What's the definition of species?

• Smallest/specific taxa of hierarchy of living organisms

• The middle taxa

What's the definition of Dichotomous Key?

• A tool used to classify organism by comparing two traits at each step.

• Method used to assign a scientific name to each organism; using the genus and species of each organism

What the definition of Binomial Nomenclature?

• The genus is capitalized, and the species is lowercase in italics.

• Method used to assign a scientific name to each organism; using the genus and species of each organism

What are the rules of Binomial Nomenclature?

• Genus is first, and species is after in italics.

• Genus is capitalized, and species is lowercase in italics.

Who created modern taxonomy that uses Binomial Nomenclature?

• Aristotle

• John Snow

• Carl Linnaeus

What's the order of classification?

• Kingdom

  Phylum

  Order

  Class

  Genus

  Species

• Domain

  Kingdom

  Phylum

  Class

  Order

  Family

  Genus

  Species

• Domain

  Phylum

  Kingdom

  Order

  Class

  Genus

  Family

  Species

What do both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have in common?

• They both have:

  DNA

  Cytoplasm

  Nucleus

  Ribosomes

• They both have

  Cytoplasm

  Cell membrane

  DNA

  Nucleus

• They both have

  Cytoplasm

  Cell membrane

  DNA

  Ribosomes