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BIOLOGY



Ch 15 - Classifying Living Things
  
1. Scientific names were devised by --------___________________ in the 1700’s.

2. A scientific name consist of two words: the _______________ name and the species name

3. Scientific names are written in ___________________.

4. ___________________ is the science of classifying organisms. 

5. Linnaeus classified organisms according to their ___________________. 

6. The term ___________________ is used instead of Phylum for plantae, fungi, and monera. 

7. ___________________ is the evolution of similar characteristics in unrelated organisms. 

8. ________________ are branched diagrams that show evolutionary relationships in a group of organisms. 

9. A ___________________ is a group of organisms that are able to produce fertile offspring.   

10. ___________________ are offspring that result from interbreeding two different species. 

11. All organisms have been grouped into ___________________ kingdoms.

12. The ___________________ kingdom consists of prokaryotes; mostly bacteria.

13. The ___________________ kingdom is similar to plants, but don’t photosynthesize.

14. The __________________ kingdom is mostly unicellular heterotrophs; also seaweeds, slime molds, etc.

15. The _________________ kingdom consists of multicellular organisms that photosynthesize; autotrophs.

16. Humans are in the class ___________________

17. The species name for humans is ___________________

18. A/An ___________________ is made up of a number of orders.

19. The most general classification with the greatest diversity of organisms is the ___________________
 
 

20. ESSAY: Describe the things used by taxonomists to classify organisms