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Classification Review

Classification Review

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Biology

9th Grade

Easy

NGSS
MS-LS4-2, MS-LS1-1, MS-LS1-5

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Taryn Nurse

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5 Slides • 40 Questions

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Classification of Living things

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Grade 9 Review

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Any organism that can perform all 7 of the life characteristics

What is a Living thing?

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Multiple Choice

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Are cats living, nonliving, or once alive? 

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Once Alive

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Nonliving

3

Alive

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None of the above

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Multiple Choice

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How do you know fire is nonliving?

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It grows and spreads

2

It cannot reproduce

3

It moves on its own

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It needs oxygen to keep burning

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Multiple Choice

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How do we know that coral is alive? 
1

It grows.

2

It reproduces.

3

It responds to sunlight. 

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All of the above

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Multiple Choice

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

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Growth

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Reproduction

3

Responds to stimulus

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nutrition

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Multiple Choice

A student eats breakfast before school. Which characteristic?
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response to stimulus

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nutrition

3

Growth

4

respiration

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Multiple Choice

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

1

irritability

2

Reproduction

3

Growth

4

nutrition

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Multiple Choice

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

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Responds to stimulus

2

nutrition

3

respiration

4

movement

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Groups of Classification

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​There are 5 Kingdoms

  • Animalia

  • Plantae

  • Monera

  • Fungi

  • Protista

​There are 9 Phyla

  • Chordata

  • Mollusca

  • Platyhelminthes

  • Nematoda

  • Annelida

  • Echinodermata

  • Cnidaria

  • Porifera

  • Arthropoda

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Multiple Choice

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MUSHROOMS ARE IN WHAT KINGDOM

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PLANT

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ANIMAL

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FUNGI

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PROTIST

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Multiple Choice

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AMOEBA-PARAMECIUM-EUGLENA-DINOFLAGELLATES BELONG TO WHAT KINGDOM

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PLANT

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PROTIST

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FUNGI

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ANIMAL

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Multiple Choice

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APES BELONG TO WHAT KINGDOM

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PLANT

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ANIMAL

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FUNGI

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PROTIST

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Multiple Choice

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ATHLETES FOOT IS CAUSED BY MEMBERS OF WHAT KINGDOM

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PROTIST

2

FUNGI

3

BACTERIA

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PLANTAE

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Multiple Choice

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

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PLANT

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ANIMAL

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PROTIST

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BACTERIA

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following organisms belong to Phylum Annelids?

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Snake

2

Salamander

3

Earth Worm

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Snail

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Multiple Choice

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

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Porifera

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Mollusks

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Echinoderm

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Annelid

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Multiple Choice

This phylum means spiny skin and lives in water

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Echinoderm

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Arthropods

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Annelids

4

Cnidarians

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Multiple Choice

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

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Arthropods

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Annelids

3

Cnidarian

4

Mollusks

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Multiple Select

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

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Give live birth

2

Produce milk for young

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Skin is covered in hair or fur

4

Have feathers

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Multiple Choice

Identify the phyla which is an invertebrate.

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Fish

2

Arthropods

3

Amphibians

4

Birds

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Multiple Choice

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

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Cnidaria

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Mollusca

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Arthropods

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Porifera

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Multiple Choice

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

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arthropoda

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annelida

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cnidaria

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Multiple Choice

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

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Cnidaria

2

Porifera

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Chordata

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Echinodermata

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Classes

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Multiple Choice

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This animal is a...

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Mammal

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Reptile

3

Bird

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Multiple Choice

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

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Mammals

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Amphibians

3

Reptiles

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Multiple Choice

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The lion is a ...

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Fish

2

Mammal

3

Bird

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Multiple Choice

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The seahorse is a ...

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Reptile

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Amphibian

3

Fish

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Multiple Choice

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

1

arachnid

2

crustacean

3

myriapod

4

insect

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Multiple Choice

Which type of arthropod is a crab?
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arachnid

2

insect

3

crustacean

4

echinoderm

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Multiple Choice

Which class of animal is a toad?
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reptile

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amphibian

3

mollusk

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echinoderm

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Multiple Choice

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Classify this animal.

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amphibian

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arthropod

3

mollusk

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echinoderm

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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

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Multiple Choice

Which scientific name is TYPED correctly

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carcharhinus melanopterus

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Carcharhinus Melanopterus

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Carcharhinus melanopterus

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Carcharhinus melanopterus

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Multiple Choice

Who started classifying organisms?

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Charles Darwin

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Carl Linnaeus

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Peter Pan

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Marie Curie

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Multiple Choice

What language is used to create scientific names?

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English

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Greek

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Latin

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French

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Multiple Choice

Scientists who classify organisms are known as taxonomists.

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TRUE

2

FALSE

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Multiple Choice

This scientific name is TYPED correctly.

Orcinus orca

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TRUE

2

FALSE

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Multiple Choice

What is the species of the following organism?

Mangifera indica

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Indica

2

Mangifera

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Neither

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Multiple Choice

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

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Plant Group, Division

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Genus, Species

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Kingdom, Phylum

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Species, Kingdom

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Multiple Choice

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

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quercus rubra

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quercus Rubra

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Quercus Rubra

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Quercus rubra

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Multiple Choice

First word of scientific name is what?

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Species

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Family

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Genus

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Class

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Multiple Choice

What is the genus of the following organism?

Citrus limonium

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Citrus

2

Limonium

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Neither

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Multiple Choice

What should be capitalized within a scientific name?

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

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

3

Only the third word, when there is one

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Capitalize all the words

Classification of Living things

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Grade 9 Review

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