Biology Classification System Flashcards

Biologists use classification to organize living organisms into groups so that the organisms are easier to study.

Carolus Linnaeus was a Swedish scientist who devised a system of naming organisms and developed a classification system based on observable features.

Binomial nomenclature is Linnaeus's naming system consisting of a two-part name, with the first part being the genus and the second being the species.

<p>Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The most specific level is species, and the least specific level is kingdom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By similarities based on cell type, cell number, and feeding type.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charles Darwin was a British naturalist known for the Theory of Natural Selection.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of grouping things based on their similarities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The scientific study of how living things are classified.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism with a cell that contains a nucleus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism whose cell lacks a nucleus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organisms that existed before dinosaurs and lived in extreme environments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bacteria that live in more neutral conditions and have a different chemical makeup from Archaebacteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They include various organisms that are different from one another, including animal-like, fungus-like, and plant-like protists.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They eat dead or decaying organisms and play a critical role in nutrient cycling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They feed almost all of the heterotrophs on earth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are capable of movement at some point in their lives and have adaptations for finding and processing food.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protists, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plantae and Animalia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protists and Fungi.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Archaebacteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Eubacteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protists, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Overproduction, Variation, Competition, and Selection.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Species produce far more offspring than can possibly survive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process by which individuals better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Members of a species must compete for limited resources to survive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some variations make individuals better adapted to their environment and more likely to survive and reproduce.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The practice of breeding only organisms with desired characteristics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The unique, two-part scientific name indicating an organism's genus and species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Certain organisms are similar because they share a common ancestor.</p> Signup and view all the answers