Classification Test Review

Dividing organisms into groups or classes based on shared characteristics is ___________________.

• classification

• taxonomy

• life science

• biology

The science of describing, classifying and naming organisms is_____________.

• taxonomy

• classification

• organization

• life science

Carolus Linnaeus is known for ____________.

• founding the science of taxonomy

• discovering retractable claws

• identifying the characteristics of rare species

• discovering the Tyrannosaurus Rex

The eight levels of classification from general to specific are:

• domain, kingdom, class, order phylum, family, genus, species

• domain, kingdom, phylum, family, class, order, genus, species

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, order, genus, species

A pine tree belongs to the kingdom _________________. 

• Fungi

• plantae

• Animalia

• Protista

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

For many years, in what 2 groups did people think living things belong to?

• living and non-living

• animals and flowers

• Animals and plants

• microscopic and macroscopic

What can you find out by working through a dichotomous key?

• how long slime mold can live

• when a species first appeared on Earth

• how many birds migrate north and to the south each year

• the identity of an organism

Euglena is a member of the _____________ kingdom.

• Fungi

• Protista

• Plantae

• Animalia

Organisms in this kingdom usually move by themselves and have specialized sense organs that allow them to respond to their environment.

• Plantae

• Protista

• Animalia

• Fungi

The scientific name of an organism comes from its _____________.

• kingdom, phylum and species

• class and genus

• kingdom and phylum

• genus and species