Classification and Kingdoms Review

1.  The division of organisms into groups or classes based on characteristics is

• taxonomy
• classification
• life science
• biology

Carolus Linnaeus is known for

• founding the science of taxonomy
• discovering retractable claws
• identifying the characterisitcs of rare species
• discovering Tyrannosaurus rex

A pine tree is a member of the kingdom

• Animalia
• Protista
• Fungi
• Plantae

The science of describing, classifying, and naming organisms is

• taxonomy
• life science
• organization
• classification

For hundreds of years, people thought all living things belonged to one of two groups. What were the two groups?

• living and nonliving
• animals and flowers
• animals and plants
• microscopic and nonmicroscopic

What can you find out by working through a dichotomous key in order?

• how many birds migrate north to south
• the identity of an organism
• how long slime mold can live
• when a species first appeared on Earth

Euglena is a member of the kingdom  

• Protista
• Animalia
• Plantae 
• Fungi

The organisms in what kingdom usually move by themselves and have specialized sense organs that allow them to respond to their environment?

• fungi
• animalia
• plantae
• protista

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The scientific name for the common house cat is Felis domesticus. What is its specific name?

• Felis
• house cat
• domesticus
• feline

What would scientists do if they discovered organisms that could not fit into any of the sx kingdoms?

• destroy the newly discovered organisms

• change the newly discovered organisms so they fit one of the four kingdoms

• create new kingdoms

• leave the newly discovered organisms alone