Classification of Living Things

In science, grouping objects or organisms to similar characteristics is called

• characterizing

• classifying

• ordering

• clustering

Grouping living thing in an orderly way is the job of a

• microscopist

• chemist

• taxonomist

• computer specialist

The science of classification is called

• taxonomy

• botany

• astronomy

• chemistry

In binomial nomenclature, the name of any organism is made up of its

• kingdom and phylum

• family and genus

• class and order

• genus and species

The method of scientific classification used today is based on the classification system developed by

• Carolus Linnaeus

• M. Courtney Latimer

• John Ray

• Charles Darwin

A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring is called a

• kingdom

• phylum

• species

• genus

A classification system

• groups animals according to the way they move

• consists of only one species of organism

• groups living things according to similar characteristics

The study of how animals have change over time is called

• biology

• evolution

• taxonomy

• astrology

The scientist who first understood that animals change over time to adapt to their environment was

• Socrates

• Galileo

• Carolus Linnacus

• Charles Darwin

The process by which unrelated organism evolve similar characteristics is called

• biology

• convergent evolution

• ordering

• classification