Notes for Chapter 9 Section 1 Name: _________________Pages 202 – 207

1. Classification is the arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based on their

characteristics

2. Why do we classify things?

To arrange in orderly groups

So scientists can communicate with one another

To show relationships

3. The seven levels of classification are:

KingdomPhylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

4. Create a mnemonic device to remember the order of the levels.

King Phillip Came

Over From Germany

Saturday

5. Each class is divided into one or more orders.

6. Linnaeus founded taxonomy the science of identifying, classifying, and naming living

things.

7. Grouped organisms start to form a line of descent.

8. Species with a recent common ancestor can be classified together.

9. Looking at figure 4, which animal is farthest from being related to a cat? Platapus

10. Scientific names are written in what two languages? Latin and Greek.

11. What does Tyrannosaurus Rex mean? Tyrant lizard

12. Why are scientific names so important?

So all languages use the same word or name for an organism.