History of Classification

Why do scientists classify living things?

• to help keep information about organisms
• to make it easy to find information about an unknown species
• to communicate clearly with other scientists about organisms
• all of the above

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The science of naming and classifying organisms is called

• Taxonomy
• Classifying
• Naming
• Taxing

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family names
• genus and species names
• domain and kingdom names
• kingdom and phylum names

Term given to describe the two part naming system is:

• dichotomous key
• binomial nomenclature
• 2 scientific names
• binomial key

What is the correct way of writing our scientific name?

• homosapiens
• homo sapiens
• Homo Sapiens
• Homo sapiens

Which two orgainsms have hair? 

• Sharks & Ray Finned Fish
• Primates & Rodents
• Birds & Crocodiles
• Rabbits & Birds

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The binomial (2-part naming) system of classificiation was developed by a scientist named

• Darwin
• Hooke
• Linnaeus
• Mendel

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

• Animalia
• Plantae
• Fungi
• Bacteria

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Which kingdom is autotrophic AND has a cell wall?

• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Plantae
• Protista

 You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?

• Plantae
• Protists
• Fungi
• Animalia