AP BIOLOGY

CLASSIFICATION

THE THREE DOMAIN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:
A
Geology
B
Biology
C
Taxonomy
D
Chemistry
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Taxonomy is the science of naming, describing and classifying organisms and includes all plants, animals and microorganisms of the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Systematics: “The study of the identification, taxonomy, and nomenclature of organisms, including the classification of living things with regard to their natural relationships and the study of variation and the evolution of taxa".

Detailed explanation-3: -Living things are divided into five kingdoms: animal, plant, fungi, protist and monera.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is the science of describing, naming, and categorizing organisms. It comprises all the animals, plants, and microbes found on Earth. Organisms are classified into similar categories namely kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.

Detailed explanation-5: -The term is derived from the Greek taxis (“arrangement”) and nomos (“law”). Taxonomy is, therefore, the methodology and principles of systematic botany and zoology and sets up arrangements of the kinds of plants and animals in hierarchies of superior and subordinate groups.

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