Classification and Scientific names

What is taxonomy?

• The study of DNA and RNA
• The study of how organisms are related
• The study of classifying and describing organisms
• The study of organisms in their habitat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Moss, Sunflowers, Pine trees, and algae are all in this kingdom:

• Fungi
• Anamalia
• Plantae
• Bacteria

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name
• genus and species name
• domain and kingdom name
• kingdom and phylum name

Which is the correct way to write an organism's scientific name?

• Ailuropoda Melanoleuca

• ailuropoda melanoleuca

• Ailuropoda melanoleuca

• ailuropoda Melanoleuca

Which set of animals contain only mammals?

• centipede, earthworm, snake
• cat, bat, deer
• turtle, seagull, frog
• butterfly, bird, bat

You can identify a mammal by looking at its

• sand
• hair
• water
• air

Mammals are animals that require what to breathe?

• gills
• skin
• lungs
• warm blood

Animals that began their life in water, but live most of it on land are

• mammals
• amphibians
• reptiles
• birds

What are gills?

• structures that fish use to take in oxygen
• structures that fish use to swim
• structures that birds use to take in oxygen
• structures that birds use to fly

What is one thing all animals have in common?

• All animals have fur
• All animals breathe through lungs
• All animals can walk
• All animals eat other organisms for food