BIOLOGY
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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 |