Classification and Adaptations

Which of the following is a "behavioral" adaptation?

• migration
• camouflage
• blowhole
• bright colors

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Canis lupus, the scientific name for a wolf, is in which genus?

• Canis

• lupus

• Animalia

• Mammalia

Which category of classification has the largest variety of organisms?

• genus

• phylum

• species

• kingdom

An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?

• class and order

• family and genus

• genus and species

• kingdom and phylum

Carl Linnaeus developed a binomial classification system for living things. Why is this contribution important?

• because it created new species for identification

• because it created specific scientific names for living things

• because it created the taxonomy system as it is known today

• because it created common names for species with existing scientific names

What is the order of the taxonomic levels from least specific to most specific?

• Kingdom, Family, Species, Order, Class, Phylum, Genus

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Species, Order, Kingdom, Family, Genus, Phylum, Class

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

"Lion" is an example of what?

• Scientific name
• Common name
• Adaptations
• Food

Which organisms are closely related? 

• American badger and leopard
• coyote and gray wolf
• european otter and leopard
• coyote and american badger

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

According to the Linnaean Classification of organisms - if two organisms are in the same class then they must also be in the same:

• kingdom

• genus

• family

• phylum

Organisms in the plant kingdom are unique because....

• they are unicellular.

• they lack a nucleus.

• they lack a cell wall.

• they produce their own food.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3