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☆☆☆☆☆Binomial Nomenclature
- also called scientific name
- System developed by Carolus Linnacus approximately 200 years ago
- written in Latin
- made up of genus and species
Binomial nomenclature is the name of a species. Binomial because it's two words. For instance, for our species, Homo sapiens. A wolf would be Canis lupus, a domestic cat would be Felix felix, a horse would be Equus equus etc. They're all Latin words.
Kingdom is the highest subgroup for classifying organisms.
Genus and species.
The classification method that is presently used by scientists was developed by Carolus Linnaeus, in the 1700's. During his lifetime, Linnaeus collected around 40,000 specimens of plants, animals, and shells.
winter
internal control systems
Adaption <3 :]
parasite
parasite
protist
If an organism doesn't have certain adaptations it needs to survive in the area or climate it lives in, the chances of it surviving are low.
dead organisms
Bacteria and fungi help with decomposition.
ciliates
to classify
Instinct
mimicry
a war
Nothing reproduces inside a virus. It has to latch on the a host cell and insert its' DNA or RNA and then make the host cell reproduce virus particles.
