Rules of Taxonomy
History of Classification
Linnaeus
Taxons
Archaea and Eubacteria
Eukarya
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The only taxon NOT capitalized when writing
What is the species name?
Name of words in the scientific name of an organism
What is two?
This must be done when writing a scientific name in your notebook
What is underline?
Must approve all scientific names
What are international congresses?
Scientific naming must follow these rules
What is binomial nomenclature?
Earliest taxonomist
Who is Aristotle?
Two languages used for scientific naming
What are Latin and Greek?
Subdivisions Aristotle used in classifying organisms
What are land, sea, and air dwellers?
Known as the “father of taxonomy”
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
Daily Double!!
First taxonomist to use Latin for naming
Who is John Ray?
Classified organisms by this trait
What is structure?
Linnaean Naming system
What is binomial nomenclature?
Used scientific names instead of common names to prevent this
What are misnomers?
Capitalized in a scientific name
What is the genus?
Scientific names appear this way in print
What is italicized?
Plural for this term
What is taxa?
Most recent category added
What is Domain?
Broadest taxon above Order
What is Class?
Used for the Phylum level for plants
What is Division?
Class for humans
What is Mammalia?
Ancient bacteria
What is Archaea?
Contain peptidoglycan in their cell walls
What is Eubacteria?
Hydrothermal vents and sewage treatment plants
Where Archaea are found?
Niche for most Eubacteria
What are decomposers?
Food product made by bacteria
What is yogurt, cheese, wine, or buttermilk?
Kingdom containing algae
What is Protista?
Daily Double!!
Only two completely multicellular kingdoms
What are Plantae and Animalia?
Two kingdoms whose members all contain cell walls
What is Fungi and Plantae?
Only unicellular member of the Kingdom Fungi
What are yeasts?
Kingdoms that have photosynthetic members
What are Eubacteria, Protista, and Plantae?
Final Jeopardy!
Modern Taxonomy
Used by today’s taxonomists to group similar organisms into more accurate taxonomic groups
What is similarity in DNA, RNA or amino acid sequences of proteins?