Unit 8 Classification

Question 1

The science of classifying organism

Answer 1

Taxonamy

Question 2

The botanist who first suggested a two naming system was

Answer 2

Linneaus

Question 3

This naming system is known as

Answer 3

Binomial nomenclat

Question 4

The scientific name for humans is

Answer 4

Homo sapiens

Question 5

the groups/categories that scientist used in classifying organisms are known as

Answer 5

Taxa

Question 6

list the classification groups below beginning with the most broad grouping and ending with the most specific grouping

Answer 6

kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species

Question 7

which grouping in the list above exists in nature?

Answer 7

species

Question 8

which grouping includes a greater number of species

Answer 8

class, phylum, genus

Question 9

a group of organisms that breed and produce offspring

Answer 9

species

Question 10

cells with a true nucleus

Answer 10

eukaryote

Question 11

do not have a nuclear membrane

Answer 11

prokaryotic (bacteria)

Question 12

list the 6 kingdoms below

Answer 12

plantae, animalia, fungi, protista, eubacteria, archae bacteria

Question 13

which two groups are prokaryotic?

Answer 13

Archaebacteria and Eubacteria

Question 14

members of what domain live in some of the most extreme environments on earth?

Answer 14

Archaebacteria

Question 15

living examples of the kingdom protista including organisms you observed in the lab. they including..?

Answer 15

amoeba, paramecium, euglena

Question 16

organisms that produce their own food through chemosynthesis or photosynthesis are known as

Answer 16

autotroph

Question 17

organisms that cannot produce their own food are known as

Answer 17

heterotroph

Question 18

what is the reproductive structure of a fungus that grows above ground called?

Answer 18

mushrooms

Question 19

other examples of fungi observed in the lab?

Answer 19

bread, wheat, and corn

Question 20

organisms that lack a backbone are known as

Answer 20

invertebrates

Question 21

aquatic organisms that have many pores and are in the phylum porifera are commonly known as…

Answer 21

sponges

Question 22

sponges are the least complex invertebrates and only have

Answer 22

2 cell layers

Question 23

jelly fish such as the portuguese man-o-war belong to the phylum

Answer 23

cnidaria

Question 24

jellyfish have two life cycle stages known as the what and the what?

Answer 24

polyp and medusa

Question 25

the common earthworm belongs to the phylum

Answer 25

amelida

Question 26

the scientific name for amelida is

Answer 26

lumbricus

Question 27

phylum mollusca may or not have a shell. three types of mollusks with external shells are

Answer 27

claws, oyster and snail

Question 28

mollusks that do not have a shell are

Answer 28

slug-octopus

Question 29

all arthropods have a tough outer skeleton known as

Answer 29

exoskeleton

Question 30

exoskeleton is made out of a material called

Answer 30

chitin

Question 31

two functions of the outer skeleton of arthropods are to

Answer 31

protection and prevents H20 loss

Question 32

crayfish and spiders have a fused head and thorax called

Answer 32

cephalothorat

Question 33

spiders have how many legs

Answer 33

8 legs

Question 34

insects have how many legs

Answer 34

6 legs

Question 35

millipedes have how many pairs of legs per body segment?

Answer 35

2 pairs , 4 legs total

Question 36

centipedes have how many pairs of legs per body segment?

Answer 36

i pairs of legs per body segment 2 legs total

Question 37

what phylum include sea stars, sand dollars, and sea urchins and the name of the phylum means “spiny skin”

Answer 37

Echinodermata

Question 38

Echinodermata have what type of symmetry?

Answer 38

radial

Question 39

Echinodermata move by using?

Answer 39

water vascular and tube feet

Question 40

name 3 characteristics of all chordates

Answer 40

dorsal hollow nerve cord, cartilage notochord, tail gill slits

Question 41

all chordates do not have a backbone however those that do not are known as

Answer 41

vertebrates

Question 42

the most primitive vertebrates are the jawless fish in what class?

Answer 42

agnatha

Question 43

examples of jawless fish are

Answer 43

lamprey and hag fish

Question 44

sharks, skates, and rays are members of the vertebrate class ___

Answer 44

chondrichthyes

Question 45

bass perch and salmon and goldfish are ___

Answer 45

bony fish and belong to the class osteichthyes

Question 46

the class that breathe with gills as young and though lugs and their skin as adults they have moist skin and live on land in the water

Answer 46

amphibia

Question 47

snakes lizards, turtles and dinosaurs are classified as class___ they have scales, claws, lay eggs with shells, and are cold blooded

Answer 47

reptilia

Question 48

class ___ include birds. members of this class are warm blooded have hollow bones, lay eggs with shells and have feathers

Answer 48

Aves

Question 49

Class ____ include placental marsupial and monotreme orders they have hair or fur as their outer covering have mammary glands and are warm blooded

Answer 49

mammalia