Classifying Living Things

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Domains

,

(b) Kingdoms

,

(c) Class

,

(d) Species

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Mammalia

• Bacteria

• Aves

• Protista

• Archaea

• Sapien

• Eukarya

• Fungi

• Reptilia

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Put the following in order from most GENERAL to most SPECIFIC

• Genus

• Class

• Kingdom

• Species

• Domain

Kingdom is the largest group in which to classify living things and _______ is the smallest.

• genus
• species

Match the following classifications for humans

• Mammalia

• Class

• Homo

• Genus

• sapien

• Family

• Hominid

• Species

• Eukarya

• Domain

How are Wolves and Apes related?

• They are in the same species

• They are not related

• They are in the same order

• They are in the same Class

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What is the highest/broadest level of classification?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

What are the two most specific levels of classification?

• Genus and Species

• Domain and Kingdom

• Family and Species

• Order and Family

Which diagrams are typically used by biologists to represent relationships based on physical characteristics rather than actual evolutionary history?

• Cladograms

• Systematic

• Taxonomic

• Morphologic

Based on the cladogram

Which animal is the least similar to the others?

• fish

• rodents

• amphibians

• birds

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During a nature hike, a group of students observed various animals. Which of these animals are known to have claws or nails?

• chimpanzee

• hamster

• lizard

• salamander

• Salmon