Unit 1: Classification and Taxonomy

Who discovered binomial nomenclature?

Carolus Linnaeus

Which taxon is most specific?

Genus

One of the results of the new and current naming system is that

One of the results of the new and current naming system is that

Which of the following taxonomic groups includes more organisms (most general)?

Phylum

Which kingdom has organisms that are multicellular, eukaryotic, and autotrophic?

Plant

What are the six kingdoms of living things?

Plant, Fungi, Animal, Protists, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria

Because fungi do not move and their ability to get nutrients was not known, scientists formerly placed fungi into what kingdom?

Plants

What was a problem of the first naming system?

The names were long and hard to remember.

Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning dichotomous keys?

There is only one way to organize dichotomous keys

How is an organism's classification group set up?

by which organisms it has closest evolutionary links to

What is the correct definition of the term "prokaryote"?

does not have a nucleus

Which of the following terms means "true nucleus"?

eukaryotic

The function of a dichotomous key is to

find out the name of a species you have

What is the correct order of taxons of classification?

kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Autotrophic means

makes its own food

"Multicellular" means

many celled

What is the definition of "heterotrophic"?

must get nutrients from the environment

What is the term for "the ability to make energy by itself using the sun"?

photosynthesis

Which of the following terms means "made of only one cell"?

unicellular

Two characteristics of bacteria are

unicellular and prokaryotic