Classification of Living Things

By Karen Mauro

Classifying and Naming All Life

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Where was Carl Linnaeus born?

• Denmark

• Norway

• Sweden

• Switzerland

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Who was Carl Linnaeus?

• a poet

• a botanist

• a chemist

• an engineer

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When was Carl Linnaeus born?

• May 23, 1790

• August 25, 1707

• April 3, 1727

• February 10, 1070

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What was Linnaeus the founder of? 

• Taxonomy
• Genetics
• DNA
• Structure of a Cell

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The science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms

• Microbiology

• Classification

• Taxonomy

• Biology

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In what year did Linnaeus travel to harsh northern lands and discover over 100 plant species?

• 1720
• 1738
• 1726
• 1732

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What is the name given to the system that Carl Linnaeus developed to name all plants and animals?

• Multinominal naming

• Quadnominal naming

• Trinominal naming

• Binominal naming

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Binomial nomenclature is made up of a species

• Family & Order

• Phylum & Class

• Kingdom & Species

• Genus & Species

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In which subject did Carl Linnaeus earn his degree?

• Theology

• Medicine

• Physics

• Biology

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"Systema Naturae" classifies:

• Living things

• Plants

• Unicellular organisms

• Multicellular organisms

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Which of the following information was found in the Systema Naturae written by linneus

• Classification System which named zoological nomenclature then introduced binomial nomenclature for animals 
• The theory of evolution that explained how evolution occurred 
• Uniformitarianism that explained how the earth was formed 
• The idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics 

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_________ is the process of grouping things based on their similarities. 

• Biased
• Stereotyping
• Classification
• Organizing

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Having a standard taxonomic system benefits the scientific community by allowing scientists from all over the world to do which of the following? 

• Have a common system for the classification of locations containing fossils 
• Use a similar system to classify the impact of removing species from ecosystems
• Have a common understanding in the classification of organisms 
• Understand how other scientists classify predator–prey relationships 

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Which scientists came up with the kingdom classification system?

• Robert Hooke

• Carol Linnaeus

• Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

• Issac Newton

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What language is used to create scientific names?

• English

• Greek

• Latin

• French

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Which of the lists below has all of the levels of classification in the correct order?

• Kingdom class phylum genus order species family
• Class Phylum Kingdom Species Family Order Genus
• Kingdom Family Class Order Phylum Genus Species
• Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

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What is the main benefit of using scientific names instead of common names for organisms?

• Scientific names give everyone a shared terminology while common names can vary.

• Scientific names have been around for much longer than common names have.

• Scientific names include a code for classification while common names do not.

• Scientific names are more descriptive than common names for an organism.

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In a properly written scientific name, which part is capitalized?

• species
• genus

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Which of the following is not true when comparing scientific and common names?

• Scientific names vary from place to place.
• Common names can vary from place to place.
• Scientific names are written in Latin.
• Common names can inaccurately describe the organism and be confusing.

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What taxa are in a scientific name?

• Genus and Kingdom

• Species and Family

• Species and Class

• Genus and Species

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The taxon with the largest amount of organisms grouped together...

• Species
• Phylum
• Kingdom
• Domain

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Which scientific name is TYPED correctly

• carcharhinus melanopterus

• Carcharhinus Melanopterus

• Carcharhinus melanopterus

• Carcharhinus melanopterus

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Three DOMAIN classification was proposed by

• Carl Linnaeus

• Whittaker

• Earnst Haeckel

• Carl Woese

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Smallest taxonomic group with many similar characteristics...

• domain
• kingdom
• species
• class

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What are the three domains?

• Green, Blue, Red

• Autotrophic, Heterotrophic, Both

• Archaea, Eukarya, Bacteria

• Marine Organism, Land Organism, or Both

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How many Domains are there?
Name them:

• 3; Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
• 2; Bacteria, Eukarya
• 1; Eukarya
• 3; Bacteria, Eukarya, Protists