what is the scientific discipline of identifying, naming, and classifying species based on their relationships called
taxonomy
what is the arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based on similarities and evolutionary relationships
classification
who created a classification system for organisms in the 1700s
Linnaeus
what is the 2 name system of scientific naming called
binomial nomenclature
what are the 8 levels of taxonomic categories in order from largest to smallest
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
the benefit of our modern taxonomy system is that we can easily incorporate new scientific …
discoveries