INTRO TO CLASSIFICATION

About how many species have been given scientific names so far?

• 100,000
• 500,000
• 1 million
• 1 3/4 million

Most species:

• are larger than 1 foot in length
• live in tropical regions
• live in temperate regions

Most ancient species:

• are still surviving today
• probably became extinct without leaving fossils
• neither of the above

"Naming, describing, and classifying organisms into different categories based on their characteristics" is a definition of:

• adaptive radiation
• natural selection
  
• taxonomy

When did the Western biological sciences begin to think of taxonomy as a reflection of evolutionary distances?

• 1700's
• 1800's
• 1900's

The system of biological classification used today was created by:

• Charles Darwin
• Carolus Linnaeus
  
• Stephen Jay Gould

Which of the Linnaean classification categories listed below is the highest level - most specific?

• genus
• phylum
• order

Newly discovered species are given ___________________ designations.

• genus and species
  
• binomen
• Latin name
• all of these

Which of the following is the highest level of classification - the most generic

• kingdom
• species

For Carolus Linnaeus, living things:

• are today as they were when they were created by God
• have evolved in the past but not now
• have evolved in the past and continue to evolve today