Classification

• What was Carl Linnaeus theory

  He classed different species into different categories based on structure and characteristic
• What were the two kingdoms he divided all living organisms into

  Animal and plant
• What was the kingdoms smaller categories split into - mnemonic=KIng Phillip Came Over For Good Soup

  Kingdom

  Phylum

  Class

  Order

  Family

  Genus

  Species
• How do you get an organisms binomial name

  Genus + Species
• What is the system we use now and who discovered it

  Three domain-Carl Woese
• What is the first domain

  Archae=primitive bacteria found in extreme conditions
• What is the second domain

  True bacteria=live in places like the human digestive system
• What is the third domain

  Eukaryota=animals, plants, fungi and protists
• What is an evolutionary tree

  How closely related organisms are, use classification data on living organisms like their DNA
• How do evolutionary trees use extinct organisms

  Scientists use fossils but this can cause a problem because the fossil record for species is incomplete