Chapter 18 Review: Classification

2. second most broad taxonomic category
3. contains several genuses
6. genus is always this in a scientific name
8. ursus maritimus
10. kingdom containing single celled organisms
11. all scientific names are written in this language (not greek)
12. scientific names are always written this way
16. father of taxonomy
17. can be used to classify organisms other than physical descriptions
20. classifies organisms two traits at a time
22. most broad taxonomic category
23. different depending on where you live
24. made of several different classes
26. kingdom containing mushrooms, yeast
28. second is always this in a scientific name
30. classification done by grouping organisms together based on their evolutionary history
32. species is always this in a scientific name
33. second smallest taxonomic level

1. kingdom containing sponges, fish, mammals, etc
4. two-word naming system
5. first word is always this in a scientific name
7. genus that contains bears
9. number of taxonomic levels
13. characteristics that are considered "evolutionary innovations"
14. shows evolutionary relationships among organisms
15. scientists do this to organisms in order to easily study them
18. scientists classify organisms and assign each organism a universally accepted name
19. made of several different orders
21. a molecular clock uses these to estimate length of time that two species have been evolving independently
25. most specific taxonomic level
27. kingdom containing mosses, flowers, trees, etc
29. species name for a grizzly bear
31. made of several different families