Classification

• What are morphological characteristics?

  Features of organisms internal and external structure e.g how many legs it has.
• How can organisms be classified using DNA analysis?

  By looking for similarities in their DNA.
• What five kingdoms are living organisms divided into?

  Animals

  Plants

  Fungi

  Bacteria

  Single-celled organisms with a nucleus
• How do we remember the taxonomical hierarchy?

  King = Kingdom

  Philip = Phylum

  Came = Class

  Over = Order

  From = Family

  Greece = Genus

  Singing = Species
• Why do scientists use the Latin name of Living Organisms?

  Its a Universal Language
• Why is having a systematic approach to classification useful?

  It helps scientists to better understand the huge variety of living organisms on Earth, as well as the relationships between them.
• What is a living organisms Latin name made up of?

  The first part is the genus

  The second part is the species