GCSE Biology - Classification
Name the 3 divisions in modern classification
Archaea Bacteria Eukaryota
name the 7 divisions in the Linnaean system
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
what was the traditional classification system called?
Linnaeun system
What classification system is used now?
Three domain system
Who proposed the modern classification system?
Woese
how are organisms named?
binomial system
what two things were organisms traditionally classified by?
characteristics structure
what is the first part of an organism's latin name?
genus
what are evolutionary trees?
method used to show how organisms are related
what is classification?
organising living things into groups
what are archaea?
primitive bacteria living in extreme environments
what 4 things does the eukaryota division include?
protists fungi plants animals
what is the second part of an organism's latin name?
species
what are bacteria? (in the classification system)
true bacteria
what is the binomial system?
two-part latin name
