1. Classification Review

2. The process of grouping things according to similar characteristics ( traits, features, etc.)

3. Classification

4. The study of classification

5. Taxonomy

6. A person who studies classification and classifies living things

7. Taxonomist

8. He classified animals based on the way they move.

9. Aristotle

10. An organism’s genus and species is referred to as___________.

11. Binomial nomenclature

12. A group of closely related organisms that can mate and have young is called________.

13. species

14. Scientific names (genus, species) are written in the __________ language.

15. Latin

16. Mushrooms belong to the ______________ kingdom.

17. Fungi

18. For the scientific name, Felis concolor, “Felis” refers to the_____________.

19. genus

20. Today we classify organisms based on_______________.

21. evolution

22. The largest classification group is _________________.

23. kingdom

24. An organism that can make its own food using photosynthesis is an _____________________.

25. autotroph

26. An organism that can not make its own food is a __________________.

27. heterotroph

28. The process that states that new organisms develop from previously existing organisms is ___________.

29. evolution

30. The scientist who developed binomial nomenclature was _________.

31. Carolus Linnaeus

32. The kingdom of organisms that are unicellular, have no nucleus, and often live in extreme environments are ___________.

33. Archaea

34. Organisms that have a nucleus are_________________.

35. eukaryotic

36. Organisms that do not have a nucleus are _____________.

37. prokaryotic

38. The seven levels of classification are …

39. Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Kings play cards on fat green stools.

40. Unicellular organisms with a nucleus are classified as_______.

41. Protists

42. The six kingdoms into which all living things are organized are….

43. Archaebacteria Eubacteria Protists Fungi Plants Animals