Variation and Classification

Moist skin covered in scales

• Vertebrate

• Birds

• Fish

• Reptiles

Dry skin with scales

• mammals

• Fish

• Birds

• Reptiles

Skin with feathers

• fish

• mammals

• birds

• reptiles

skin with hair on most or some of the body

• mammals

• birds

• fish

• reptiles

moist skin with no scales

• mammals

• reptiles

• amphibians

• fish

backbone made of bone or cartilage

• mammals

• vertebrates

• avertebrates

• amphibians

choose the field of science that names and classifies organisms based on their similar characteristics

• ecology

• zoology

• genetics

• taxonomy

P = Genus

Q = Phylum

R = Class

S = Kingdom

T = Family

U = Species

V = Order

which of the following sequence shows the hierarchy of classification

• Q, S, U, V, T, P, R

• S, Q, R, V, T, P, U

• V, T, P, S, U, Q, R

• U, T, Q, P, V, S, R

The characteristics of classification change as they go down along the hierarchy of classification. which of the following statements is an incorrect characteristic

• the number of organism increases

• the number of organism deceases

• the number of similar features of an organism increases

• the organism are arranged in an increasing specificity

which of the following is not a kingdom

• monera

• fungi

• chordata

• protista