• What is classification?
• Scientists today use a modified version of the system developed by whom?
• What is the classification scheme used in biology?
• What two factors do scientists consider when deciding how to classify a living thing?
• What are the differences between the Kingdom and species levels?
• What is a common name?
• What is a scientific name and what is its two parts?
• What are the rules for writing a scientific name?
• How do scientists come up with scientific names?
• Why is classification important?
• Why and how do scientists use a
taxonomic/dichotomous key?
• What is a branching diagram and what
information does it convey?
• How are fossils of extinct organisms included in
branching diagrams?
• Scientists today use a modified version of the system developed by whom?
• What is the classification scheme used in biology?
• What two factors do scientists consider when deciding how to classify a living thing?
• What are the differences between the Kingdom and species levels?
• What is a common name?
• What is a scientific name and what is its two parts?
• What are the rules for writing a scientific name?
• How do scientists come up with scientific names?
• Why is classification important?
• Why and how do scientists use a
taxonomic/dichotomous key?
• What is a branching diagram and what
information does it convey?
• How are fossils of extinct organisms included in
branching diagrams?