Taxonomy

Who developed the taxonomy we use today?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Albert Einstein
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin

List the 7 categories in the proper order

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e

f

g

h

i

j

c

Class

Genus

Kingdom

Phylum

Order

Family

Domain

Species

Genetics

Mutations

Who developed the first system of taxonomy and what were his two basic types of organisms?

• Aristotle, plants and animals

• Linnaeus, animalia, monera

• Plato, bacteria and animals

• Aristotle, bacteria and plants

What language did Linnaeus use and why?

What is binomial nomenclature?

• The species and kingdom

• The family and genius

• The phylum and class

• The genius and species

Match the following:

• Molds and Yeasts: spores

• Kingdom Protista

• Herbs and flowers: multicellular

• Kingdom Monera

• Bacteria: prokaryotic cells

• Kingdom Plantae

• Algae: unicellular

• Kingdom Fungi

List two classes of animals and give a specific example for each

Invertebrates - (a)  

Vertebrae - (b)  

• worms, anemones, insects
• horses, dolphin, pig
• bacteria and viruses