Making sense for all this bio-diversity! Please remember, that sometimes the questions require you to
THINK! You may not find the correct answer by Googling the question, use your brain! 
1) Why do scientists classify living things?
2) Let’s say you were asked to separate or classify EACH species of Darwin’s finches how could you do go
about doing this?
3) Could you use something more specific to classify organisms than physical traits?
4) What term do scientists use to describe the study of physical traits or phenotype?
5) How could bio-molecular studies help scientists group like organisms together?
6) What makes up an organism’s official name?
7) Why is it important to have a universal system of naming organisms?
8) How many kingdoms are there in taxonomy? Name them all.
9) To what kingdom are humans placed?
10) List the levels of taxonomy in order from broadest to most specific.
11) What allows organisms to be considered the same species?
12) Write out the full taxonomy for a human.
13) What is the official taxonomic name for our species?
14) There are also “domains” in taxonomy based on type of cell that the living thing has. Name the 3 domains.
15) To what domain would you be placed?
16) Is domain broader or more specific than kingdom?
17) Based on the idea of taxonomy, what happens to the number of different animals as you work your way
from domain to species? Why?
18) What kinds of molecules can be used in biochemical taxonomy to classify organisms?
19) For each kingdom, provide at least one trait/characteristic of each kingdom.
20) How do you think modern technology improved the system of classification? Give one specific example of
how this has happened.
21) What has a better understanding of evolution done to help with proper taxonomy of organisms?
22) Complete the following analogies after you are done to see if you are starting to put this together!
A) Darwin: evolution::Whittaker:
B) Genus: species::Family:
C) Bacteria: prokaryote::Animals:
D) Evolution: ancestry::Taxonomy:
E) Cellular respiration; heterotrophs::Photosynthesis:
Binomial
Nomenclature
Carolus Linnaeus
Class
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Latin
7 Nested Levels
Order
Phylum
Scientific Naming
System
Species
Taxa
Taxonomy
Branching Tree
Cladistics
Cladogram
Close Relatedness
Common Ancestry
Derived Characters
Evidence
Evolutionary
Relationships
Living Species
Molecular evidence
Phylogeny
6 Kingdoms
Chemically Different
Cell Walls
Current Tree of Life
Eukarya
Extreme Environments
Kingdom Animalia
Kingdom Archaea
Kingdom Bacteria
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Protista
Single Celled
Prokaryotes