This is the grouping of objects or organisms based on a set of criteria:

This is a discipline of biology primarily concerned with identifying, naming, and classifying species based on natural relationships:

This gives each species a scientific name that has two parts:

Scientific Name Rules

True or False: The first letter of the genus name can be either capitalized or lower case.

Scientific Name Rules

True or False: If a scientific name is written in a printed book or magazine, it should be italicized.

Scientific Name Rules

True or False: When a scientific name is written by hand, both parts of the name should be underlined.

Scientific Name Rules

True or False: After the scientific name has been written completely, the genus name often will be abbreviated to the first letter in later appearances.

This is a named group of organisms:

This is a group of species that are closely related and share a common ancestor:

This is the taxonomic group of similar, related genera that is smaller than a genus and larger than an order:

This group contains related families:

This group contains related orders:

This group contains related classes (Choose 2 Answers):

This is the taxon composed of related phyla or divisions:

This is the broadest of all the taxa and contains one or more kingdoms:

From most broad to most specific, choose the correct order of taxonomic categories:

This is a key based on a series of choices between alternate characteristics that are used as guides that help people identify organisms:

Who developed the first widely accepted biological classification system?

Who used morphology and behavior to classify plants and animals?