Classification Review

Classification of Living things

Grade 9 Review

Any organism that can perform all 7 of the life characteristics

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What is a Living thing?

Multiple Choice

Are cats living, nonliving, or once alive? 

• Once Alive

• Nonliving

• Alive

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

How do you know fire is nonliving?

• It grows and spreads

• It cannot reproduce

• It moves on its own

• It needs oxygen to keep burning

Multiple Choice

How do we know that coral is alive? 

• It grows.

• It reproduces.

• It responds to sunlight. 

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

A cat gives birth to kittens.  Which life characteristic is this?

• Growth

• Reproduction

• Responds to stimulus

• nutrition

Multiple Choice

A student eats breakfast before school. Which characteristic?

• response to stimulus

• nutrition

• Growth

• respiration

Multiple Choice

A tadpole becomes a frog.  Which life characteristic is this?

• irritability

• Reproduction

• Growth

• nutrition

Multiple Choice

A dog barks when the doorbell rings.  Which life characteristic is this?

• Responds to stimulus

• nutrition

• respiration

• movement

Groups of Classification

​There are 5 Kingdoms

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Monera

• Fungi

• Protista

​There are 9 Phyla

• Chordata

• Mollusca

• Platyhelminthes

• Nematoda

• Annelida

• Echinodermata

• Cnidaria

• Porifera

• Arthropoda

Multiple Choice

MUSHROOMS ARE IN WHAT KINGDOM

• PLANT

• ANIMAL

• FUNGI

• PROTIST

Multiple Choice

AMOEBA-PARAMECIUM-EUGLENA-DINOFLAGELLATES BELONG TO WHAT KINGDOM

• PLANT

• PROTIST

• FUNGI

• ANIMAL

Multiple Choice

APES BELONG TO WHAT KINGDOM

• PLANT

• ANIMAL

• FUNGI

• PROTIST

Multiple Choice

ATHLETES FOOT IS CAUSED BY MEMBERS OF WHAT KINGDOM

• PROTIST

• FUNGI

• BACTERIA

• PLANTAE

Multiple Choice

SWISS CHEESE HAS HOLES FROM GAS GIVEN OFF BY MEMBERS OF WHAT KINGDOM

• PLANT

• ANIMAL

• PROTIST

• BACTERIA

Multiple Choice

Which of the following organisms belong to Phylum Annelids?

• Snake

• Salamander

• Earth Worm

• Snail

Multiple Choice

Which phyla has a soft unsegmented body and can be protected by a shell?

• Porifera

• Mollusks

• Echinoderm

• Annelid

Multiple Choice

This phylum means spiny skin and lives in water

• Echinoderm

• Arthropods

• Annelids

• Cnidarians

Multiple Choice

This phylum has a medusa and polyp stage, stinging tentacles, and radial symmetry. What phyla is it?

• Arthropods

• Annelids

• Cnidarian

• Mollusks

Multiple Select

Select all of the following characteristics that apply to mammals: (select 3 choices)

• Give live birth

• Produce milk for young

• Skin is covered in hair or fur

• Have feathers

Multiple Choice

Identify the phyla which is an invertebrate.

• Fish

• Arthropods

• Amphibians

• Birds

Multiple Choice

Organisms, like sponges, lacking body tissues and body symmetry belong to which of the following phyla?

• Cnidaria

• Mollusca

• Arthropods

• Porifera

Multiple Choice

Animals that are segmented and have jointed appendages and an exoskeleton are members of the phylum

• platyhelminthes

• arthropoda

• annelida

• cnidaria

Multiple Choice

Which animal phylum contains: Jellyfish, corals, & anemones?

• Cnidaria

• Porifera

• Chordata

• Echinodermata

Classes

Multiple Choice

This animal is a...

• Mammal

• Reptile

• Bird

Multiple Choice

This is a lizard. It belongs to the class of...

• Mammals

• Amphibians

• Reptiles

Multiple Choice

The lion is a ...

• Fish

• Mammal

• Bird

Multiple Choice

The seahorse is a ...

• Reptile

• Amphibian

• Fish

Multiple Choice

Which class under the phylum Arthropoda has multiple segments and each segment has jointed legs?

• arachnid

• crustacean

• myriapod

• insect

Multiple Choice

Which type of arthropod is a crab?

• arachnid

• insect

• crustacean

• echinoderm

Multiple Choice

Which class of animal is a toad?

• reptile

• amphibian

• mollusk

• echinoderm

Multiple Choice

Classify this animal.

• amphibian

• arthropod

• mollusk

• echinoderm

We use 2 part Latin Names to universally identify animals

This 2 part name consists of the Genus and Species names

The system by which we develop these names is known as Binomial Nomenclature​

Scientific Names

Multiple Choice

Which scientific name is TYPED correctly

• carcharhinus melanopterus

• Carcharhinus Melanopterus

• Carcharhinus melanopterus

• Carcharhinus melanopterus

Multiple Choice

Who started classifying organisms?

• Charles Darwin

• Carl Linnaeus

• Peter Pan

• Marie Curie

Multiple Choice

What language is used to create scientific names?

• English

• Greek

• Latin

• French

Multiple Choice

Scientists who classify organisms are known as taxonomists.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

This scientific name is TYPED correctly.

Orcinus orca

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What is the species of the following organism?

Mangifera indica

• Indica

• Mangifera

• Neither

Multiple Choice

What 2 names are used in the Binomial System of Nomenclature?

• Plant Group, Division

• Genus, Species

• Kingdom, Phylum

• Species, Kingdom

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct way to write the name of Red Oak?

• quercus rubra

• quercus Rubra

• Quercus Rubra

• Quercus rubra

Multiple Choice

First word of scientific name is what?

• Species

• Family

• Genus

• Class

Multiple Choice

What is the genus of the following organism?

Citrus limonium

• Citrus

• Limonium

• Neither

Multiple Choice

What should be capitalized within a scientific name?

• The first letter of the first word, but not the second word

• The first letter of the second word, but not the first word

• Only the third word, when there is one

• Capitalize all the words