Copy of Classification Study Guide 2020 CV

What is TAXONOMY?

• The job of making taxes

• The science of taxes

• The science of classification

• The science of taxonomy

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Who is C. Linnaeus?

• The father of taxonomy

• He grouped organisms based on form

• He grouped organisms by their structure

• ALL of the above

What was Aristotle's contribution to classification

• Aristotle, he made 2 Kingdoms

• He was the second person to classify

• he characterized by walking, flying, and swimming

• he found bacterial

Why do we use scientific names?

• so it sounds intelligent

• it helps scientist communicate with each other

• common names are cooler actually

Exactly what does a scientific name look like (type one here, the proper way)?

• Quercus Alba

• quercus Alba

• Quercus Alba

• Quercus alba

What are all of the rules when writing scientific names? (check all parts that are correct)

• Capitalize first letter of Genus

• lowercase all parts of species

• italicize both parts

• underline both parts

What are the 8 levels of classification of organisms?

• K, P, C, O, G, S

• D,K,P,C,O,S,G,F

• D, K, P, C, O, F, G. S

• D,D,F,C,O,F,G,S

What did Linneaus look at/use to classify organisms (hint: and the person who made Monday’s “Lost cat” poster did not)

• the organisms' structure and form

• a key and tool box

• 6 Kingdoms

• Aristotle

Name the 6 Kingdoms

• Plant, Animal, Protist, Kingdom, Phylum, Class

• Plant, Animal, Protist, Acheabacteria, Eubacteria, Fungus

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Genus, specis

Is Kingdom a specific category or a general category? Cite evidence:

• specific, there are only 6 of them and they are very detailed

• General, there's only 6 yet all the organisms in the world are in there!