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Classification Testt
Science test stuff about classification
Question | Answer |
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What are the five kingdoms? | Moneran, Protist, fungi, plant and animal kingdoms |
Why do scientists classify organisms? | To make their jobs easier and to make everything less confusing |
What is the largest group in the classification system? | a kingdom |
What are the groupings of the classification system? | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, order,family, genus, species |
who used medicines to to classify? | Aristotle |
What is phylogeny? | the evolutionary history of an organism |
What does the word nomenclature mean? | naming system |
What does the word binomial mean? | 2 name |
Who invented BInomial nomenclature? | Linneaus |
When naming something what are the two parts and in what order? | the genus and then the species |
What are 3 important phylums and what are some examples of each? | chordata: humans, Mollusca:clam, annelida:earthworm |
What was spontaneous generation? | a theory from the 17th century that living things came form non living matter |
Who disaproved spontaneous generation? | Fransisco Reddy and Louis Pasteur |
What is biogenesis? | Living organisms came from other living things..this theory was made in the 18th century |
Who created the theory of biogenesis? | Linneaus |
what is a tool used to classify things? | a dichotomus key |
How do u use a dichotomus key? | You follow the steps until you get to your answer |
What are the 5 classes in the animal kingdom? | mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish |