Classification practice

Which group of animals on this tree are most closely related to birds?

• Saurischian dinosaurs

• Ornithischian dinosaurs

• Crocodiles

• None of these are related to birds

Where is the alligator and T. rex's common ancestor?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

What is the purpose of a cladogram?

• To map the ancestral relationships and shared traits of different organisms.

• To trace the inherited traits of a single species over time.

• To check the likelihood of an offspring having a particular trait.

• To monitor mutations that arise among different populations.

Which kingdoms have photosynthetic organisms?

• Plants and Animals

• Fungi and Plants

• Protists and Plants

• Fungi and Protists

Which order of classification is correct?

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

• Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

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

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

What is classification?

• organizing things into groups according to shared characteristics
• making a list of organisms
• the process of identifying different types of animals
• the study of animals

What are the three domains?

• Archaea, Bacteria, and Eubacteria
• Archaea, Protists, and Eubacteria
• Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
• Archaea, Fungi, Animalia

What do fungi use to reproduce?

• Hyphae
• Branches
• Spores
• They split apart

The 2-part naming system developed by Linneus is known as:

• Dichotomous key

• Binomial nomenclature

• Taxonomy

• Classification

This kingdom is eukaryotic, uni and multicellular, heterotrophic, and has a cell wall made of chitin.

• Plant
• Fungi
• Animal
• Eubacteria