Classification

• What are the classes of organisms as determined by Carl Linnaeus?

  Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Which features are living creatures traditionally classified as?  

  By their structure and characteristics. 
• What is the binomial system of naming organism? 

  Genus name followed by species name  
• Why were new classification models proposed?

  Developments in microscopy allowed better examination of internal structures.

  Improvement in understanding of biochemical proceses 
• State the three domains. 

  Archaea

  Eukarya

  Bacteria
• Which organisms belong in the domain Archaea?

  Bacteria, usually those living in extreme environment, extremophiles
• Which organisms belong in the domain bacteria?

  Bacteria
• Which kingdoms belong in domain Eukarya?

  -Plants

  -Animals

  -Fungi

  -Protists
• How are evolutinary trees created?

  By examining the DNA of different species and analysing how similar the sequences are.