B2a - Classification

Question 0

What are the five kingdoms?

Answer 0

Animals, plants, bacteria, fungi and protoctista

Question 1

What is classification?

Answer 1

The process of grouping living things. It is done according to how close they are.

Question 2

What are the different phylums in the animal kingdom?

Answer 2

Vertebrates and invertebrates.

Question 3

What are the different classes in the animal kingdom?

Answer 3

Mammals, fish, reptiles, birds, amphibians

Question 4

What is an artificial classification system?

Answer 4

An artificial classification system is one that is based on visible features.

Question 5

What is a mnemonic for the binomial naming system? What does each word stand for?

Answer 5

King - kingdom
Philip - phylum
Comes - class
Over - order
For - family 
Good - genus
Sausages - species

Question 6

What is the definition of species?

Answer 6

A species is a group of organisms that can produce fertile offspring.

Question 7

What is a hybrid?

Answer 7

Hybrids are produced by breeding two different species together. They are usually infertile.