Classification 4-1

True or False. Classification takes a very complicated world and tries to simplify it by putting things into categories.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

True or False. A term is never defined by the category to which it belongs.

• True

• False

According to the reading, what are the two main branches of physics? (pick two answers

• modern

• classical

• quantum

• classificational

Use information from the reading to match the following

• Taxonomy

• A classification process that goes from specific to general.

• Bottom-Up Process

• A mixture of metals

• Classification Tree

• A diagram that gets more specific at each lower level

• Alloy

• A classification system that goes from general to specific.

• Top-Down Process

• A tool that is used to analyze many levels of classes and their members.

What type of reasoning goes from general to specific?

• deductive reasoning

• inductive reasoning

• subductive reasoning

• conductive reasoning

What type of reasoning goes from specific to general?

• subductive reasoning

• deductive reasoning

• inductive reasoning

• conductive reasoning

Classify the following information.

Groups:

(a) Top Down Classification

,

(b) Bottom Up Classification

• start with a specific member, then determin a general class word

• deductive reasoning

• start with a general member, then determine a specific class word

• general to specific

• specific to general

• inductive

Which of the following are examples of top down classification. There may be more than one answer.

• Road

  Asphalt

  Gravel

  Tar

• Breakfast

  Omelette

  Eggs

• KHS

  Building

  Hallway

  Carpet

  Dirt

• Tree

  Bark

  Roots

Match the following

• top down

• What is the word that describes that "something" that a classification of objects has in common.

• classifying

• The classification method that starts general and becomes specific

• taxonomy

• What process involves finding things that have something in common and grouping them?

• bottom up

• What does the classification tree make up?

• basis

• The classification method that starts specific and becomes general

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Match the following details from the reading

• heterogeneous

• non-uniform composition

  mixture

• mixture

• a uniform composition mixture

• compound

• a single kind of atom

• element

• a combination of elements

• homogenous

• more than one kind of atom or molecule not chemially bonded