Biology M12 Review

What word or phrase below has the closest meaning to the word CLASSIFICATION?

• organize and classify

• change

A scientist that was instrumental (helpful) in creating a system for classifying organisms?

• Gregor Mendel

• James Watson

• Carl Linneaus

Most organisms are classified into 2 groups. They are either

• Living and dead

• Plants and animals

• Eukaryotic and animals

What kind of KEY is helpful in classifying organisms?

• latch

• dichotomous

• hinge

The branch of science that groups and names things is called

• classification

• evolution

• mitosis

The scientific name Homo sapiens is also known as ____________.

• Decomposers

• Bacteria

• Humans

There are 6 levels of Kingdoms. Can you identify the 6?

• Animals, Plants, Fungi, Decomposers, Eukaryotic, Humans

• Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria

• Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists, Bacteria, Viruses

Animals have scientific names made up of a ____________ and ____________ name. This is like having a first and last name.

• Genus and Species

• Family and Order

• Genus and Kingdom

The scientific name of a red maple tree is Acer rubrum. Which is the genus name?

• red maple

• Acer

• rubrum

The scientific name of a red maple tree is Acer rubrum. Which is the species name?

• red maple

• Acer

• rubrum