Please answer the following questions using complete sentences and your own paper.

1.    How many species are estimated to be alive today?  (p. 59)
2.    What is taxonomy?  (p. 59)
3.    How does the system of taxonomy group organisms today?  (p. 60)
4.    What is the smallest taxonomic grouping?   (p. 60)
5.    What is the complete sequence of taxonomic groupings from the smallest
       grouping to the largest grouping?  (p. 60)
6.    Your author lists 5 kingdoms of living things  What are the five kingdoms
        of living things according to your text author?  (fig 3-15 p. 61)
7.    List the characteristics of the kingdom Monera AND list two examples
       of these.  (p. 60)
8.    List the characteristics of the kingdom Protista AND list two examples
       of these.  (p. 61)
9.    List the characteristics of the kingdom Fungi AND list two examples of these.  (p. 61)
10.  List the characteristics of the Plant kingdom and list four examples of these.  (p. 61)
11.  List the characteristics of the Animal kingdom and list four examples of these.  (p. 61)
12.  Describe the environments the Archeans live in.  (p. 61)
13.  The classification of organisms is based on phylogeny.  Completely explain what
       the term phylogeny means.  (p. 61)
14.  Explain how we name organisms scientifically (binomial nomenclature).  (p. 62)
15.  What is the purpose of naming names scientifically (how does this help
       communication between scientists)?  (p. 62)
16.  The scientific name of humans is Homo sapiens.   What is the genus name and
       species name of the human?  (p. 62 and your logic)