Lesson 1.2

What do we call the groups in which we classify organisms?

• Categories

• Classes

• Cells

• Taxons

The largest classification group (at the top) is:

• Very exclusive

• Very inclusive

• Very small

• Very specific

The smallest classification group consists of:

• Organisms that are very different

• Organisms that do not look the same

• Organisms that are very similar

• Organisms that are extinct

Why is the most specific taxonomy category?

• Kingdom

• Domain

• Species

• Order

What is the most inclusive taxon?

• Phylum

• Order

• Class

• Domain

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Crocodila

Family: Alligatoridae

Genus: Alligator

Species: Mississippiensis

• alligator Mississippiensis

• Crocodila chordata

• Alligator mississippiensis

• Reptilia crocodila

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family:Canidae

Genus: Canis

Species: Mesomelas

• Mammalia carnivora

• Canidae mesomelas

• Canis mesomelas

• Animalia chordata

Who created the modern day taxonomic system?

• Louis Pasteur

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Francesco Redi

• Charles Darwin

Binomial Nomenclature takes which two taxons to name a species?

• Genus and Kingdom

• Phylum and Class

• Family and class

• Genus and species

A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.

• species

• domain

• genus

• taxonomy