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Study Guide Taxonomy
Directions: Be able to answer the following questions.
1. Write the bionomial nomenclature name for man. (Remember the rules!)
2. How many divisions are there in each step of a dichotomous key?
3. Which kingdom’s organisms are all photosynthetic?
4. Besides plantae, which other kingdom has some organisms that are photosynthetis?
5. Whose classification system do we use today?
6. What country was Carolus Linnaeus from?
7. What are the three domains? What are the characteristics of the 3 domains?
8. a. What is the name for cells that have no nuclei?
b. What is the name for cells with membrane bound organelles?
9. What does a taxonomist do? (Use a sentence to explain.)
10. The scientific name for an organism is taken from what two taxonomic classifications?
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11. What are the 6 kingdoms?
12. What are the taxonomic classification levels from broadest to most specific?
13. On what 3 criteria do taxonomists base their classification of organisms?
14. What level of classification is sometimes used as a division under species? (Give an example.)
15. What are the three reasons to use Latin for scientific names?
16. What is the main requirement for being a species?
17. Make sure you practice using a key to identify organisms. If you made any mistakes on the
shark key go back and try to rekey the organisms you had incorrect.
18. Make sure you read over your 6 kingdoms flip book.