Science 7th Faith Chapter 9

chapter 9 questions on classifying

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What are our whole lives based on?

Classification

Who classified things into two groups 2,300 yrs. ago?

Aristotle

What were Aristotle's two original groups.

plants and animals

When Aristotle further divided the amimals, what were they?

blood and bloodless

Who was the Swedish scientist that classifed organisms.

Carl Linnae

How many organisms did Linnae classify?

12,000

What is taxonomy?

The science of classifying living things .

What is a binomial nomenclature?

A two part name given each organism. It has a genus and species.

What language did Linnae use?

Greek and Latin words

What is the first name in the scientific name?

Genus

Are they capitalized in the genus?

Yes

What is the second name called?

Species

Is the species capitalized?

NO!

Both are _____ or underlined

italicized

The binomial nomenclature is______?

universal

Carl Linnae toxified his name and it read...

Carolus Linnaeus

How many major levels were there?

7 major levels

Each level has _____ organisms

fewer

Each level has orangisms with more and more ____than the previous level

in common

Name the 5 levels

1. Kingdom 2. Phylum
3. class 4. Order
5. Family 6. Genus
7. Species

Under Kingdom there are 5 families?

Amimalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista

Name the genus of people?

Homo

Give the species for human beings.

sapiens

Man is not simply a tecnologically advanced animal but is _______.

highest creation

Today all scientists classify all living organisms by __ ____.

cell structure

The two part scientific name is _____ which allows understanding communication

universal

Today scientists callsfy all living organisms by ___ ____

cell structure

A common trait of biblical organisms is that they can ____
____.

produce offsprings

What is the name for house cat?

Felis domesticus

What is a gorilla gorilla?

Gorilla

What is the name for an elephant?

elephas maximus

what is the name for a dog?

Canis familiaris

What is a Usus Maritimus?

Polar Bear

What is Panthera leo?

Lion

What is wrong with the classification system?

1. mistakes can be made
2. People try to support evolution
3. an assumption that because two organisms are in the same group that they are "related
4. Classification vs. Biblical kind- where we use one common trait and they "can produce offspring"


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