WorksheetsClassification, dichotomous keys, binomial nomenclature
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 26mins
Gray Wolf: Canis lupus
Aardwolf: Proteles cristatus
Coyote: Canis latrans
A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?
Juniper
Pine
Spruce
Fir
Using our car analogy, where the make and model of a car is like its scientific name, the genus and species of this car would be:
Genus: Ford, species: fusion
Genus: Fusion, species: ford
This is a good example of a:
Binomial Nomenclature
Field Guide
Dichotomous Key
A dichotomous key for insects is given. To what order does an insect with two pairs of scaly wings belong?
Coleoptera
Heteroptera
Diptera
Lepidoptera
Using this dichotomous key for vertebrates, which group of animals has no fur, no feathers, and dry scales?
Fish
Birds
Amphibians
Reptiles
This book to identify an unknown birds is best described as a:
Dichotomous Key
Field Guide
Binomial Nomenclature
Scientific Name
Scientists would refer to this animals as:
Mountain lion
Cougar
Panther
Puma concolor
Latin is used for scientific names primarily because:
Using Latin makes scientists sound smart.
Latin used to be the language of scholars.
Having too many common names gets confusing.
Both option 1 AND option 3.
The classification system for a library is called:
The Digital Revolution
The Dewey Decimal System
The Dulcimer Classification
Dew Point System
If the scientific name for a horse is Equus caballus, the scientific name for a zebra is most likely:
Canis lupus
Pinus strobus
Equus quagga
Acer saccharum
The largest grouping of organisms is ____________________ and the smallest is _________________________________.
Domain, species
Domain, kingdom
Species, domain
Kingdom, species
In the scientific naming system, __________________ is capitalized and __________________ is written in lower case.
genus, species
species, genus
Why do we classify living things?
To organize them into similar groups.
To make it easier to study their similarities and differences.
To understand the relationships between different groups.
All of the above.
This Canis lupus familiaris gets its energy from a dog food bag, but a Canis lupus in the wild would get energy from:
hunting prey and eating meat
sunlight
grazing grass
sleeping and sunlight
In our video which illustrated the concept "Living things respond to stimuli," which scenario was true:
The Cucumis sativus was afraid of the Felis catus
The Felis catus was afraid of the Cucumis sativus
