
Classification of Living Things
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- Q1How does dividing species into Kingdoms help us to understand them?help us understand similarities/differences of living thingshelps us to see which animals existed firsthelps to predict what changes animals make to surroundingshelps us understand how animal organ systems work30s
- Q2Identify the levels of classification in correct order from largest to smallest?domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, speciesdomain,kingdom, genus, species, phylum, class, order, familygenus,species, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, familydomain,kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species30s
- Q3What are the two parts of a scientific name?domain and genusdomain and kingdomphylum and classgenus and species30s
- Q4Which two organisms are MOST closely related?2 and 41 and 22 and 31 and 330s
- Q5Which traits do Baboon's have?all of the traits listedfull color visionforward visionopposable thumbs30s
- Q6Which animals share the most traits with humans?LemurBaboonChimpanzeeAll of the choices are correct30s
- Q7Which domains are made up of prokaryotes?plantae and animaliafungi and plantaefungi and protistabacteria and archaea30s
- Q8The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is calledTaxonomyPhylogenyClassificationBiology30s
- Q9The members of this kingdom get their energy by absorbing materials.plantaeeubacteriafungiprotista30s
- Q10Who developed the 2-word naming system of organisms?AristotleGregor MendelCarolus LinnaeusCharles Darwin30s
- Q11How many levels of classification do we have?867930s
- Q12All organisms that have a nucleus fit into which level of classification?BacteriaArcheaEukarya30s
- Q13The evolutionary history of a species is its:taxonomyextinctionphylogenybiodiversity30s
- Q14Organisms that lack a cell wall are calledPlantaeProtistaAnimaliaFungi30s
- Q15A diagram that uses a series of paired statements to identify organisms is a...Phylogenic TreeDichotomous KeyCladogramConcept Mapping30s