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Name_____________________________________ Date_______________ Period____________ CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS NOTES 1. There are _____ billion species that have been named. This only accounts for _____% of all the organisms that have lived on Earth! 2. ________________________________ is the arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based on their similarities (how they are alike). Taxonomy is the science of naming and classifying organisms. 3. Taxonomists (scientists that specialize in classification of animals) look at ____________ and _________________ to name organisms. 4. _______________________ was the first taxonomist. He lived __________ years ago. He divided organisms into ________________ and __________________. 5. __________________ was the first to use Latin for naming. 6. Carolus Linnaeus is called the _______________________________________. 7. Linnaeus developed the modern system of naming known ______________________________________________. This literally means “________ ___________” in Latin (Genus and ___________.) 8. The Genus name is always __________________ and the species name is ________. Both the Genus and species names are in italics or ____________________. 9. Another word for the levels from broadest to most specific of the naming system is called a _________________________. 10. The eight levels of classification are from most broad to least broad are ___________________, _______________, ___________________, _______________, _____________________, _________________, and ____________________, _____________________. 11. A good way to remember the order of the seven levels is: _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ ________________________ _____________________. 12. The six kingdoms include ____________________, ___________________, _________________________, __________________, _____________________, _______________________________. 13. Kingdom Protista (Protist) include such things as ________________, _________________, _______________________, ______________ and other forms of microscopic _________________ life. 14. Kingdom Fungi includes such things as __________________. ______________ and _________________. Yeast is used to make _____________. 15. Kingdom Plantae (Plant) includes _____________, _____________ and __________. 16. Kingdom Animalia (Animal) includes ____________, __________ and ____________________ to __________ and ________________________________. 17. Kingdom Archaeabacteria includes life found in ___________________________________ and ____________________________________. These are considered the “extreme” organisms because they live in such harsh environments. 18. Kingdom Eubacteria includes organisms that cause __________________________ (like strep throat) and _______________________ (like soured milk). However, a lot of bacteria are helpful. An example is that some bacteria live in the _________________ of animals and helps with _____________________ of food. 19. A dichotomous key is a method used to ______________________ organisms. 20. Characteristics are given in ______________________. 21. Read ____________ characteristics and either go to another set of characteristics or identify the organism.