BIO CH19.1 Finding Order in Biodiversity

What is a species?

• A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring.

• A group of organisms that genetically are very different from each other.

a system of naming and classifying organisms based on shared characteristics

• Taxonomy

• Genetics

• Domain

• Kingdom

What is the correct way to write scientific names in the binomial nomenclature system?

• The genus starts with a capital letter, and the species is lower case. Both words are written in italics.

• The genus starts with a lower case letter, and the species is capitalized. Both words are written in italics.

• The genus starts with a capital letter, and the species is lower case. Both words are written in bold.

• The genus starts with a lower case letter, and the species is capitalized. Both words are written in bold.

*The goal of systematics is to organize living things into groups that have biological meaning. What are these groups called?

• taxa

• levels

• clusters

• tiers

The largest taxonomic category in the Linnaean system of classification is what?

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

• Order

The smallest taxonomic category in the Linnaean system of classification is what?

• Kingdom

• Genus

• Class

• Species

Similar phyla are grouped into what taxa?

• Kingdom

• Class

• Order

• Family

• Genus

Similar classes are grouped into what taxa?

• Phylum

• Class

• Order

• Family

• Genus

What is the science of naming and grouping organisms called?

• genetics

• speciation

• systematics

• linnaeanology

Eukarya refers to:

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Genus