Classifying Organisms Daily Grade

What did Linnaeus use to classify living things?

• DNA

• Domains

• Similar Structures

Which term means “a group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring”?

• Genus

• Species

• Domain

What comes after Phylum in the six kingdoms?

• Class

• Order

• Family

• Genus

• Species

Which term shows the correct way to write a scientific name?

• Carnivora

• Ursus arctos

• Grizzly Bear

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

• Genus

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Cladogram

• Dichotomous Key

• Systematics

A way of classifying organisms that uses all the evidence known about organisms.

• Genus

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Cladogram

• Dichotomous Key

• Systematics

A branched diagram that shows how organisms are related.

• Genus

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Cladogram

• Dichotomous Key

• Systematics

A naming system that gives each organism a two-word scientific name.

• Genus

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Cladogram

• Dichotomous Key

• Systematics

A group of similar species.

• Genus

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Cladogram

• Dichotomous Key

• Systematics

A tree is a(n) ________________.

• Animal

• Fungus

• Plantae