Classification

• What is the advantage of using a binomial system to name species?

  Each species has a unique name

  It lets scientists discuss individual species
• Which 18th Century scientist developed the traditional classification system for classifying living things?

  Carl Linnaeus
• Which international system is commonly used to classify organisms?

  The Linnaean classification system
• What is the correct order of groups in the Linnaean classification system? 

  kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
• Which two groups in the classification system are used in the binomial naming system?

  Species 

  genus
• What is the binomial name for humans?

  Homo sapiens
• How do we write the binomial name of a species?

  All lower case except the first letter of the genus

  All in italics 
• The binomial name for grey wolves is Canis lupus. 

  What are the species and genus names for the grey wolf?

  Species name is lupus

  Genus name is Canis
• Which 20th century scientist used microscopes and modern technology to develop the three domain system to classify organisms?

  Carl Woese
• Carl Woese developed the three domain system to classify organisms. What are the three domains?

  Eukaryotes 

  Bacteria 

  Archaea
• What are considered Eukaryotes?

  Protoctists 

  Animals 

  Fungi 

  Plants 
• What do evolutionary trees show?

  The evolutionary relationship between the organisms being studied
• What do the branch points show on an evolutionary tree ?

  The divergence of a single population/species into two separate populations/species