Unit 2 Classification

Question 1

Useful tool that helps determine the identity of organisms

Answer 1

Taxonomic key

Question 2

The second name in the classification system describing a distinctive feature, such as where it lives or it’s appearance; group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring

Answer 2

Species

Question 3

The process of grouping things based on their similarities

Answer 3

Classification

Question 4

The scientific study of how organisms are classified

Answer 4

Taxonomy

Question 5

System of replacing organisms in groups, giving each a unique to part name

Answer 5

Binomial nomenclature

Question 6

The first word in the scientific naming system grouping with similar closely related items

Answer 6

Genus

Question 7

Levels of classification

Answer 7

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Question 8

Organisms that make their own food are called

Answer 8

Autographs

Question 9

Organisms that cannot make their own food are called

Answer 9

Heterotrophs

Question 10

Maintenance of stable internal conditions is called

Answer 10

Homrostatsis