Classification

Question 1

Taxonomy

Answer 1

Discipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism a universally accepted name

Question 2

Carl Linnauleus

Answer 2

Swedish scientist who came up with a system of classifying organisms

Question 3

Binomial nomenclature

Answer 3

Two-word naming system developed by Linnaeus, first word is Genus second is species within that genus

Question 4

7 taxonomic categories

Answer 4

1. Kingdom
2. Phylum
3. Class
4. Order
5. Family
6. Genus
7. Species

Question 5

Taxonomic catagories way to remember

Answer 5

Dear King philip came over for grape soda

Question 6

What is the category that contains many similar phyla?

Answer 6

Kingdom

Question 7

How many different domains are there?

Answer 7

3

Question 8

What is the 2 word system for naming organisms?

Answer 8

binomial nomenclature

Question 8

What is the 2 word system for naming organisms?

Answer 8

binomial nomenclature

Question 9

What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?

Answer 9

taxonomy

Question 10

What two words make up a scientific name? (What is the first word and what is the second word?)

Answer 10

Genus and species

Question 11

How can you tell if two things are definitely two different species? (Hint: What is the definition of biological species?)

Answer 11

Two different species cannot successfully interbreed or reproduce together.

Question 12

What is an organism that results from interbreeding between two species? (Hint: This organism is often sterile, like a mule.)

Answer 12

Hybrid

Question 13

Who was the first to come up with a classification system for organisms?

Answer 13

Carl Linnaes

Question 14

What phylum do humans belong in?

Answer 14

chordata

Question 15

What type of plants are flowering plants?

Answer 15

Angiosperms

Question 16

What does echinoderm mean?

Answer 16

spiny skin

Question 17

What type of plant does not contain seeds; it contains cones

Answer 17

Gymnosperms

Question 18

If a new organism were discovered, which of the following would most likely be used to classify it into the appropriate kingdom?

Answer 18

Anatomy

Question 19

All of the animals in the phylum vertebrata must belong to the same

Answer 19

Kingdom

Question 20

Chordata is to Animalia as phylum is to

Answer 20

Kingdom

Question 21

Unlike invertebrates, all vertebrates are

Answer 21

Bilaterally symmetrical

Question 22

dichotomous key

Answer 22

tool that allows you to determine items in the natural world based on characteristics

Question 23

dichotomous

Answer 23

split into 2

Question 24

What are the domains in the tree of life

Answer 24

bacteria, archaea, and Eukarya

Question 25

phyla

Answer 25

organized by body plan and tissue structure

Question 26

Xylem

Answer 26

carries water upwards from the roots

Question 27

Phloem

Answer 27

carries food upwards or downwards

Question 28

Angiosperms

Answer 28

a plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a fruit

Question 29

Gymnosperms

Answer 29

a plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit (seeds found in cones)

Question 30

pinnate

Answer 30

straight leaves (pins)

Question 31

palmate

Answer 31

palm shaped plants, shooting outwards from one point