Classification Lesson Period 5

Classy Classification - Everything you ever wanted to know about classifying organisms

Who is known as the Father of Classification?

What is binomial nomenclature?

Multiple Choice

Binomial nomenclature is the ____________ system for naming organisms.

• Numerical
• Symbolical
• two word
• alphabetical

Multiple Choice

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Thomas Jefferson
• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein 

Multiple Choice

The 2-part naming system developed by Linneus is known as:

• dichotomous key
• taxonomy
• binomial nomenclature
• classification

Levels of Classification

Carolous Linnaeus

Multiple Choice

The science of describing, classifying and naming living things is known as _______.

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Sortology

• Phylogeny

Multiple Choice

What is the genus name here:

Canis lupus

• Canis

• lupus

Multiple Choice

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

• Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
• Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Domain, Kingdom, Species, Phylum, Family, Order, Class, Genus

Multiple Choice

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Thomas Jefferson
• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein 

Multiple Choice

True or False?

Classification is the process of grouping things based on similarities.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the most specific level of classification?

• Family
• Domain
• Species
• Carolus Linnaeus

Multiple Choice

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

• Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
• Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

Multiple Choice

Which 2 taxa are used as the organism's scientific name?

• Kingdom and species
• Kingdom and phylum
• Class and species
• Genus and species

Multiple Choice

A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring.

• Genus

• Species

• Domain

• specific

Multiple Choice

The second level of classification under Domain

• Order

• Genus

• Kingdom

Dichotomous Keys

Multiple Choice

What is the name of bird W?

• Certhidea
• Geospiza
• Camarhynchus
• Platyspiza

Multiple Choice

What step do we always start with when using dichotomous keys?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?

• Juniper
• Pine
• Spruce
• Fir

Multiple Choice

A table of arachnid and insect characteristics is shown. Which characteristic could be used to distinguish between
arachnids and insects?

• Jointed legs
• Body segments
• Presence of eyes
• Presence of antennae

Multiple Choice

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta
• Order Amblygygi
• Order Araneae
• Order Scorpiones

What are Cladograms?

6 Living Kingdoms

Multiple Choice

Which trait do only humans have, according to the cladogram?

• jaws
• mammary glands & hair
• terrestrial during all life stages
• bipedal & opposable thumbs

Multiple Choice

According to the cladogram, which organism is most distantly related to the human?

• crayfish
• grasshopper
• perch
• frog

Multiple Choice

According to this cladogram, birds are LEAST related to: 

• Amphibians
• Sharks
• Ray Finned Fish
• Crocodiles

Multiple Choice

According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism? 

• Amphibians
• Ray finned fish
• Crocodiles
• Birds

Multiple Choice

How many kingdoms are there?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 5

Multiple Choice

What do protists, plants, fungi, and animals ALWAYS have in common? They are all...

• Multicellular
• Eukaryotic
• Prokaryotic
• Consumers

Multiple Choice

Archeabacteria...

• are eukaryotic
• live in extreme environments
• are non-living
• live in the soil

Multiple Choice

Tigers, Jellyfish, Gorillas and Sponges are all part of kingdom _______.

• Animalia
• Plantae
• Fungi
• Bacteria

Multiple Choice

Examples are tomato plants and oak trees

• Fungi
• Plantae
• Protista
• Animalia

Multiple Choice

Examples are mushrooms and mold

• Fungi

• Protista

  Protista

• Plantae

• Animalia

What are viruses?

Multiple Choice

What is a way to become immune to a disease without first having the disease?

• antibiotics
• Anti-retroviral drugs
• Vaccinations
• Exposure Therapies

Multiple Choice

What is the first step of the virus reproduction cycle?

• The viruses genetic material (DNA) starts to take over the functions of the cell
• The host cell bursts open, releasing the new viruses
• The virus injects its genetic material into the cell
• A virus attaches to the surface of a host cell

Multiple Choice

Is a virus considered living or non-living?

• Living
• Non-Living
• Neither

Multiple Choice

What part of a virus is the protein capsule that houses the genetic material (DNA/RNA)?

• tail
• nucleus
• capsid
• glycoprotein

Multiple Choice

Influenza is caused by a ___________________.

• virus

• bacteria

• prion