9/9/20 Do you remember?

What can a classification system show about an organism?

• absolute age of an organism
• what an organism is made of
• its relationship to other organisms
• which organisms are the strongest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which domain includes all multicellular plants and animals?

• Archaea
• Eukarya
• Eubacteria
• Protista

Panthera leo, the scientific name for a lion, is a member of which species?

• leo
• Animalia
• Panthera
• mammalia

Which taxonomic category is higher than the others?

• class
• genus
• order
• phylum

An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?

• class and order
• family and genus
• genus and species
• kingdom and phylum

Canis lupus, the scientific name for a wolf, is in which genus?

• Canis
• lupus
• Animalia
• mammalia

What role did Linnaeus play in classification of organisms?

• He classified all life into plants and animals.
• He classified all life by where organisms lived.
• He started naming organisms using binomial nomenclature.
• He utilized DNA technology to form the modern system of naming.

Which two organisms are least closely related?

• two organisms from the same kingdom
• two organisms from the same order
• two organisms from the same family
• two organisms from the same genus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

How would a dichotomous key be used?

• by inserting it into a chamber at a 45 degree angle
• by observing specimens and then answering questions about them
• by comparing the colors on a strip to the colors obtained during testing
• by analyzing a gel agar and recording the distance each fragment had traveled

What goal does Taxonomy accomplish?

• explains the differences between living organisms
• classifies living organisms into groups
• predicts the types of undiscovered organisms
• establishes relationships of organisms with their habitat