Biological Classification Overview

The study of the general principles of scientific classification.

A biological species name consisting of two terms.

<p>An ancient Greek philosopher who designed the first classification system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Carl Linnaeus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A taxonomic category above the kingdom level.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The second highest taxonomic rank below domain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxonomic rank below phylum and above order.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxonomic rank below class and above family.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxonomic rank below order and above genus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxonomic rank below family and above species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxonomic group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxonomic domain consisting of single-celled prokaryotic organisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxonomic domain of single-celled prokaryotic organisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxonomic domain consisting of eukaryotes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kingdom comprising flowering plants, conifers, and other plant types.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A kingdom of non-green, eukaryotic organisms that reproduce using spores.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A kingdom of unicellular organisms that are neither animals nor plants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Single-celled eukaryotes usually associated with animals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A living thing capable of independent action.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any animal of the phylum Chordata with a notochord.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A key for the identification of organisms based on choices between alternative characters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A diagram showing how organisms evolve from a single species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any animal that feeds on both animal and plant substances.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any animal that feeds on flesh.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism capable of making its own food from simple substances.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism involved in the recycling of nutrients through decomposition.</p> Signup and view all the answers