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Part 1--Biological Classification
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Question 1
1.
What TWO terms are used for an organism's binomial name? (SELECT TWO THINGS OR GET IT WRONG)
Question 2
2.
What does the word "Species" mean in Latin?
Question 3
3.
Who first proposed a system for classifying organisms?
Part 2--Ology: The Tree of Life
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Question 4
4.
What is the word for the type of diagram scientists use to show how species are related (MUST SPELL CORRECTLY TO GET CREDIT)
Explore the groups shown on the cladogram to answer these questions.
Question 5
5.
Match each group to the percentage of the world's organisms that are classified into that group.
Question 6
6.
Which animal group makes up the largest percentage of the world's oragnisms? (MUST SPELL CORRECTLY TO GET CREDIT)
Question 7
7.
What protein do all animals have in common? (MUST SPELL CORRECTLY TO GET CREDIT)
(HINT: Hover over the yellow dots on the cladogram)
Question 8
8.
What are tetrapods?
(HINT: Hover over the yellow dots on the cladogram)
Question 9
9.
What structure do eukaryotes have in their cells? (MUST SPELL CORRECTLY TO GET CREDIT)
(HINT: Hover over the yellow dots on the cladogram OR remember EU rhymes with DO...)
Question 10
10.
Into what group would humans be classified?
Part 3--Ology: It Takes All Kinds
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Question 11
11.
Answer the questions in the quiz at the bottom of the website above to read about different oragnisms. Then, match the organism to the kingdom it belongs to.
Part 4--Classifying Critters
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Question 12
12.
What is the name for the group of animals with a backbone?
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Complete the following statements as you work through the activity.
Question 13
13.
What do all birds have in common?
Question 14
14.
What do all amphibians have in common?
Question 15
15.
Do you know what all mammals have in common?
Question 16
16.
What do all fish have in common?
Question 17
17.
What do all reptiles have in common?
Part 5--Taxonomy
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Question 18
18.
What is the correct order from most general to most specific?
Question 19
19.
What are the THREE domains? (MUST PICK THREE TO GET FULL CREDIT)
Question 20
20.
What do archaea and bacteria domains have in common?
