taxonomy quiz: taxonomy

what is taxonomy?

science of classification of organisms

who was Linnaeus?

based classification on structural similarities, made two major kingdoms called plants and animals, created binomial nomenclatures

how does the modern classification different from the classification made by linnaeus?

more kingdoms and added classification levels

what are the levels of classification?

domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

define binomial nomenclature?

each organism type is given a two word Latin scientific name that is capitalized, example Felis catus