Classification Warmup

Linnaeus' systems of naming organisms which give a scientific two word Latin name to species- first being the genus name and the second being the species

• Scientific naming

• Phylogenetic Tree

• organism labeling

• binomial nomenclature

Scientists classify living organisms by _ 

• giving each one several different kingdom names
• the type of brain the organism has
• placing them in groups with organisms that share similar characteristics.
• determining if the organism is harmful or helpful

The scientific name given to the white oak in Quercus alba.  What genus does this tree belong to?

• Quercus
• Canis
• Alba
• Plantae

 You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?

• Plantae
• Protists
• Fungi
• Animalia

Which kingdom would this organism belong to?

• Plantae
• Archaebacteria
• Protista
• Animalia

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which kingdom do humans belong to?

• Plantae
• Fungi
• Animalia
• Protista

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

This kingdom contains organisms such as trees, plants and shrubs.

• Fungi
• Plantae
• Animalia
• Protista

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The above animals are classified as ___.

• Archaea
• Bacteria
• Protista
• Eukarya

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which word means to organize into groups?

• sample
• vertebrate
• classify
• organism