Question

1. What is the definition for species? 2. What is the definition for classification? 3. Who was Carolus Linnaeus? 4. Describe the Linnaean Naming System. 5. What is a binomial nomenclature? 6. How do scientists use taxonomy? 7. Describe the differences between the 3 domains: Eukarya, Archaea, and Bacteria. 8. Describe the levels of classification from most varied to most specific. 9. How is an organism’s scientific name attributed to it?

Answer 1

1. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

2.the arrangement of animals and plants in taxonomic groups according to their observed similarities

3.a Swedish botanist, zoologist, and physician

4. the father of taxonomy, which is the system of classifying and naming organisms.

5.the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet.

6. The taxonometric way of classifying organisms is based on similarities between different organisms.

7. Bacteria: cells do not contain a nucleus. Archaea: cells do not contain a nucleus; they have a different cell wall from bacteria. Eukarya: cells do contain a nucleus.

8.The levels of classification he used are: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

9.Scientists name animals and plants using the system that describes the genus and species of the organism. The first word is the genus and the second is the species.

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