Sorting it all out

Question 1

Classification

Answer 1

the division of organisms into groups, or classes, based on specific characteristics.

Question 2

Taxonomy

Answer 2

the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms.

Question 3

Kingdom that humans belong to

Answer 3

house cat, brown bear, lion, bird beetle, and bobcat.

Question 4

Phylum that humans belong to

Answer 4

bird, bobcat, lion, brown bear, and house cat.

Question 5

Class that humans belong to

Answer 5

bobcat, lion, brown bear, house cat.

Question 6

Order that humans belong to

Answer 6

none

Question 7

Family that humans belong to

Answer 7

none

Question 8

Genus that humans belong to

Answer 8

none

Question 9

Species that humans belong to

Answer 9

none

Question 10

Animalia

Answer 10

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms, which are heterotrophic, meaning they obtain nutrition from organic sources.

Question 11

Chordata

Answer 11

chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

Question 12

Mammalia

Answer 12

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪliə/ from Latin mamma “breast”), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

Question 13

Primate

Answer 13

the chief bishop or archbishop of a province.

Question 14

Hominid

Answer 14

a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes.

Question 15

Linnaeus

Answer 15

Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms.

Question 16

Dichotomous Key

Answer 16

an aid that is used to identify organisms and that consists of the answers to a series of questions.

Question 17

Domain

Answer 17

Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System. Any name registered in the DNS is a domain name.

Question 18

Archaebacteria

Answer 18

a kingdom made up of bacteria that live in extreme environments.

Question 19

Bacteria

Answer 19

a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.

Question 20

Protista

Answer 20

a kingdom of mostly one-celled eukaryotic organisms that are different from plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.

Question 21

Fungi

Answer 21

a kingdom made up of nongreen, eukaryotic organisms that have no means of movement, reproduce by using spores, and get their surroundings and absorbing the nutrients.

Question 22

Plantae

Answer 22

a kingdom made up of complex, multicellular organisms that are usually green, have cell walls made of cellulose, cannot move around, and use the sunś energy to make sugar by photosynthesis.