Biodiversity and Classification Review

... is the process of sorting organisms into different groups.

How many kingdoms are there?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

Scientific names of different organisms are made up of:

• Kingdom

• Phyllum

• Genus

• Species

Habitats containing many different species have greater ....

Extinct organisms...

• ... have only two organisms left in the world.

• ... have died out completely.

• ... are only left in particular habitats.

• ... lived millions of years ago.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The plant pictured has scientific name Galanthus nivalis. What is the genus called?

• Snowdrop

• Galanthus

• nivalis

• Nivalis

The organism pictured has the scientific name Canis familiaris. What is the species name?

• dog

• Canis

• familiaris

• Familiaris

The scientific name for the organism pictured is Equus caballus. What is the genus name?

• Horse

• Equus

• caballus

• Caballus

The scientific name of the organism pictured is Prunus avium. What is the species name?

• Cherry tree

• Prunus

• avium

• Avium

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• Unsure

• It's fine

• Reasonably confident

• Completely confident - it's easy!