Classification

Question 1

What is taxonomy?

Answer 1

branch of biology that groups and names organisms based on similar characteristics

Question 2

Who was the first to develop taxonomy?

Answer 2

Aristotle

Question 3

Aristotle grouped organisms how?

Answer 3

basic external attributes such as size and where they lived

Question 4

Who introduced the more modern look on taxonomy?

Answer 4

Linnaeus

Question 5

Define phylogeny?

Answer 5

system that traces the evolutionary history of organisms based on shared characteristics

Question 6

What is binomial nomenclature

Answer 6

Two part name for an organism. First part is genus. Second part is species. If typed italicized. If handwritten, underlined.