Classification Review

Scientists who specialize in the study of fossils are called

• biologists

• paleontologists

• zoologists

• anthropologists

Radioactive dating of rock samples

• is a method of absolute dating

• is a method of relative dating

• forms a geologic column

• forms a geologic time scale

Half-life is the length of time required for half the atoms in a radioactive sample to

• decay

• double

• expand

• be created

The idea that Eukaryotic cells arose from living communities formed by prokaryotic organisms is proposed by which theory...

• The Theory of Evolution

• The Theory of Natural Selection

• The Endosymbiotic Theory

• The Cell Theory

Scientists classify organisms based on their _____.

• Population

• Characteristics

• Age

• Likes and Dislikes

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What do scientists use to refer to organisms because common names can create confusion?

• Scientific Names

• Latin Kingdoms

• Nicknames

• First Name

What is the correct order of Classification?

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

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

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

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

On this Cladogram, which animals have fur?

• Mouse, Chimp

• Pigeon, Mouse, Chimp

• Lizard, Pigeon, Mouse, Chimp

• Chimp

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Organisms that are unicellular, plant-like or animal-like or fungus-like, live in damp or wet places like ponds, rivers, or streams.

• Kingdom Fungi
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia
• Kingdom Protista

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Organisms that are multicellular, photosynthetic autotrophs, reproduce sexually or asexually belong to this Kingdom:

• Animalia
• Fungi
• Monera
• Plantae

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