STAAR Biology Review TEKS 8.A-C

The gray squirrel, Eastern fox squirrel and red squirrel are all different species of squirrels. Why is having a scientific name for each species of an organism important?

• To prevent existing named organisms from having their names changed as they become extinct

• To keep the classification system from being altered as new organisms are discovered

• To allow organisms to be placed in many classification levels at the same time

• To standardize the naming and organization of organisms to avoid confusion

• The standardized name differentiates mountain lions from pumas

• The standardized name is less descriptive of the animal that has been observed

• Communication with other scientists about mountain lions will be reduced

• All scientists will be using the same name for mountain lions

• Stemmiulida is more closely related to Merocheta than Penicillata is to Merocheta

• Spirostreptida is more closely related to Glomerida than Sphaerotheriida is to Glomerida

• Polizoniida is more closely related to Glomeridesmida than Sphaerotheriida is to Glomeridesmida.

• Merocheta is more closely related to Glomeridesmida than Glomerida is to Glomeridesmida

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• Needle-like straight leaves that are mostly over 25cm long and found in clusters of three; no thorns on cones

• Flattened and scale-like leaves that are mostly over 25cm long; soft and leathery cones

• Needle-like straight leaves with a length of 25cm that are mostly found in clusters of 5; thorny cone

• Leaves with a length of 25cm that are found in clusters of more than 5; no thorns on cones

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• Fur

• Claws or nails

• Lungs

• Jaws

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• Organisms 1 and 2

• Organisms 3 and 4

• Organisms 1 and 4

• Organisms 2 and 3

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• Anthropoda

• Annelida

• Mollusca

• Platyhelminthes

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• Heterotrophic

• Mobile

• Prokaryotic

• Multicellular

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