Classification and Organizing Life

Which kingdom do humans belong to?

• Plantae
• Fungi
• Animalia
• Protista

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name
• genus and species name
• domain and kingdom name
• kingdom and phylum name

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

• dichotmous key
• binomial nomenclature
• 2 scientific names
• binomial key

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Carl's Jr.
• Charles Darwin
• Henry Groseclose

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

• Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
• Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the most specific level of classification?

• Family
• Domain
• Species
• Carolus Linnaeus

Leaf S

• Eastern white pine

• balsam poplar

• sweet gum

• ginko

What type of characteristics are used to make a dichotomous key?

• Characteristics that make an organism different from any other organism. (type of beaks, claws, root systems)

• Characteristics like age of an organism

• Where the organism lives

• How many organisms live in the environment

When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?

• physical features
• weather patterns
• environment
• diet

Why do scientist use domain and kingdoms to classify organisms?

• Scientist around the world can communicate using the domain/kingdom to identify specific organisms

• Its fun to name organisms

• Makes it more confusing for scientists

• Everyone knows Latin