Ecology, Evolution, Classification and Taxonomy

It is the study of the biology and the evolution of plants in the

geologic past.

It deals with the description,naming and classification of plants.

What is a group of similar organisms that can mate and reproduce with each other?

• Genus

• Family

• Order

• Species

Which organisms use the food they make to carry out life’s functions?

• Heterotrophs

• Autotrophs

• Prokaryotes

• Eukaryotes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the scientific study of how living things are classified?

• Biology

• Ecology

• Taxonomy

• Anatomy

What is a classification or grouping that contains similar, closely related organisms?

• Family

• Order

• Genus

• Species

A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves is known as a:

• Genus

• Phylum

• Species

• Animal Family

Which of the lists below has all of the levels of classification in the correct order?

• Kingdom class phylum genus order species family

• Class Phylum Kingdom Species Family Order Genus

• Kingdom Family Class Order Phylum Genus Species

• Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

Scientific names are written using which two levels of classification?

• Kingdom phylum

• Kingdom class

• Species genus

• Genus species

Which of the following levels of classification would have organisms that had the most in common?

• Phylum

• Family

• Order 

• Kingdom