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Classification of Living Organisms

Name _________________________

Date   _________________________
Horizontales
The branch of biology that classifies organisms and assigns each organism a universally accepted name.
______ was the first person to attempt to classify the living organisms on Earth.
Cells that DO have a defined nucleus.
Charles ______ was the first person to propose natural selection.
Think about the taxonomic levels from broadest to smallest or most similar. What level is missing? CLASS ____ FAMILY
Binomial _____ is the naming system that assigns a two-part scientific name to each organism.
How many levels of classifications are there?
All life is divided into three ____. This taxonomic level comes above or before Kingdom.
Think about the taxonomic levels from broadest to smallest or most similar. What level is missing? Class ORDER ____
Carolus _____ was the first person to attempt a scientific classification of organisms.
Think about the taxonomic levels from broadest to smallest or most similar. What level is missing? ______ PHYLUM CLASS
Think about the taxonomic levels from broadest to smallest or most similar. What level is missing? PHYLUM ____ ORDER
Verticales
Structures seen in different species that are similar because of common ancestry are called ______.
Aristotle divided plants into these three groups: herb, shrub, _____.
Cells with NO defined nucleus.
_____ refers to the evolutionary history of an organism.
______ and species are the two parts of an organism's scientific name.
The scientific names of organisms are written in ____. It is a language that is understood by all scientists.
Individual members of a species that are best suited for their environment are more likely to survive, reproduce, and pass these favorable traits on to their offspring. This concept is known as ________ selection.
Think about the taxonomic levels from broadest to smallest or most similar. What level is missing? FAMILY _____ SPECIES
_____ is a new method of classifying organisms based on shared derived characters.
A trait or characteristic that evolved only within one particular group is called a _____ character.
Think about the taxonomic levels from broadest to smallest or most similar. What level is missing? DOMAIN KINGDOM _____
Aristotle divided animals into these three groups: ______, sea, and air.
When writing or typing the scientific name of an organism, we must remember to capitalize the genus, not the ____.