CLASSIFICATION

What is classification?

• organizing things into groups according to shared characteristics
• making a list of organisms
• the process of identifying different types of animals
• the study of animals

The method of naming organisms by using two names is known as

• binomial nomenclature
• dinomial menoclature
• dichotomous naming
• the scientific method

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

• Carlus Linneaus

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Francis Crick

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

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

Organisms are the same ___________ when they can have fertile offspring.

• Class

• Family

• Species

• Phylum

Process of grouping things based on their similarities

• taxonomy
• classification
• binomial nomenclature
• taxonomic key

Binomial nomenclature makes it easier for scientists to communicate because ...

• everyone speaks latin
• everyone uses the same scientific name
• everyone knows all the animals
• its fun to call organisms by name

a series of questions with two possible answers that is used to identify organisms

• genus
• binomial nomenclature
• cladogram
• dichotomous key

A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?

• Whip Scorpion
• Wind Scorpion
• Daddy long legs
• Scorpion

Using this dichotomous key, identity the name of the circled fish.

• band-tail puffer
• spotted goat fish
• peacock flounder
• trumpet fish