Question 1

Taxonomy is -

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The study of classifying, identifying, and classifying of organisms

Question 2

The purpose of using a scientific naming system is to ensure -

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Everyone in the world can relate to one organism

Question 3

Which levels are used to scientifically name an organism -

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Genus then species

Question 4

The binomial nomenclature way to write a scientific name correctly is -

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Upper case then lower case - underlined or written in italics.

Question 5

Know the order of classification beginning with Domain and ending with species.

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Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 6

Which level of classification is the most broad?

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Domain

Question 7

Which level of classification is the most specific?

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Species

Question 8

Under the Domain, all organisms are classified into two groups -

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Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic

Question 9

The four kingdoms under eukaryotic would be -

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Plants, Fungi, Protists, Animals

Question 10

The two kingdoms under prokaryotic would be -

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Eubacteria and Archaebacteria

Question 11

Eubacteria is a type of bacteria found

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Everywhere

Question 12

Archaebacteria is a type of bacteria that loves -

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Harsh conditions

Question 13

Bacteria, if conditions are BAD will wait for conditions to be right to multiply.  They form an envelope or tent around the important parts.  This is called an -

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Endspore

Question 14

This is a way some organisms reproduce asexually.  They make a little buddy that pops off when they are mature.  This method is called -

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Budding

Question 15

Three ways bacteria are helpful would be

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Decomposers, digestion, makes food

Question 16

Three ways bacteria are harmful would be

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Causes disease, spoils food, tooth decay, pimples.

Question 17

Three ways to kill bacteria

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boil, disinfectants, antibiotics, pasteurization, smoking, freezing, salting

Question 18

This is a type of protist that moves using a flagella.  It is plant and animal like, It has an eyespot to see sunlight.   It is green in color.  This is a -

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Euglena

Question 19

This is a type of protist that moves using little hairs called cilia.  Very complex organism.  This one has two nuclei -

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Paramecium

Question 20

This is a type of protist that moves using fake feet called pseudopods.  They are shapeless like a blob of jelly.  This is a -

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Euglena

Question 21

Fungi is very beneficial to the environment because they are a

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Decomposer

Question 22

Fungi are made up of little hairs called ____________ and a bunch of hairs twisted together called _________________-

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hyphae, mycelia

Question 23

Plants are broke up into two groups depending upon if they have tubes or no tubes.  This is called -

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vascular and non vascular

Question 24

Three types of non vascular plants are

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Moss, liverworts, and hornworts (remember that they grow low to the ground)

Question 25

Three types of vascular seedless plants are

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Horsetails, clubmoss, ferns

Question 26

Angiosperms are seeded plants that have -

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flowers

Question 27

Gymnosperms are seeded plants that have -

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cones

Question 28

Then a plant bends to the light is called -

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Phototropism

Question 29

Arthropods means jointed foot and have an exoskeleton.  Examples of this would be -

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millipedes, crabs, lobsters, spiders, scorpions, insects.

Question 30

Mollusks means soft bodied.  Examples of this would be -

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snails, oysters, clams, octopus, squid

Question 31

Echinodermata  - means spiny skin.  They move with tube feet!  Examples of this would be -

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Sea stars, sand dollars, sea urchins,

Question 32

Cnidaria means to sting.  Examples of this would be -

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Coral, kellyfish, anemone

Question 33

Annelida means segmented.  An example of this would be -

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Earthworm

Question 34

Porifera means full of pores or little openings.  An example of this would be -

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Sea sponges

Question 35

Chordates or vertebrates have a -

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backbone

Question 36

Amphibians are animals that live a double life.  They have scales.  Examples would be -

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Frogs, salamanders, toads,

Question 37

Reptiles have thick scales and means to creep.  Examples would be -

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Turtles, crocs, alligators, snakes, lizards

Question 38

Mammals have fur and feed their young milk.  An example would be -

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dogs, cows, elephants, squirrels

Question 39

Aves have feathers and scaly legs.  Examples would be -

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Flamingos, sparrows, hawks

Question 40

Innate behaviors are -

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Behaviors that an organism is born knowing how to do.  In a human, crying, knowing how to take milk.

Question 41

Learned behaviors are -

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Behaviors that an organism learns from a teacher or parent.

Question 42

Hibernation is -

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Rest during the winter when food and water is scarce

Question 43

Estivation is -

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Rest during the summer when food and water is scarce.

Question 44

Pheromones are -

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A invisible scent used to communicate

Question 45

Nocturnal means -

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Up during the night

Question 46

Diurnal means -

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Up during the day

Question 47

A dichotomous is a series of paired statements to help you -

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identify the name of an organism

Question 48

When reading a dichotomous key - always start at line number -

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One.

U7 Classification

Unit Seven Classification

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