Ch.11 Test Prep: Classification of Living Things

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diversity

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variety

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Derived (in the context of: “Scientists classify organisms based on their shared derived characteristics.”)

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inherited from

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How do scientists classify organisms?

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By grouping the organisms by their characteristics.

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The scientific name for the European white water lily is Nymphaea alba. To which genus does this plant belong?

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Nymphaea

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visible (In the sentence: “The nucleus of a human cell is visible only with a microscope.”)

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observable

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Word: "to build something by putting parts together"

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construct

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Function (in the sentence: "The function of a branching diagram is to show how different kinds of organisms are related to each other.")

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a specialized activity of a tool or system

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Complete the sentence: The scientific name Tyrannosaurus rex ______ two Greek words that mean “tyrant lizard”. Options: derives into, is derived with, is derived from, derives on

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is derived from

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Levels in the classification system for studying living and extinct organisms: living and non living, families, genera, and species, endangered and not endangered, land, marine, and freshwater organisms.

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families, genera, and species

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Who developed the original system on which the current eight-level classification system is based?

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Carolus Linnaeus