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Study Guide for Classification TEST
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This kingdom includes bacteria that live in extreme environments. | Archaebacteria |
| This kingdom includes all prokaryotes except archaebacteria. | Eubacteria |
| This kingdom includes mostly one-celled eukaryotic organisms that are different from plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi. | Protista |
| This kingdom includes non-green, non-moving eukaryotic organisms that break down substances outside their bodies and absorb the nutrients. | Fungi |
| This kingdom includes complex multicellular organisms that lack cell walls, can usually move, and respond to their environment. | Animalia |
| This kingdom includes complex multicellular organisms that are usually green, have cell walls, and make sugar by photosynthesis. | Plantae |
| They are found where other living things cannot survive. | Archaebacteria |
| They can live in soil, water, or in the human body. | Eubacteria |
| They are small, single-celled living things without a nuclei. | Bacteria |
| The science of describing, classifying, and naming organisms. | Taxonomy |
| An aid that is used to identify organisms and that consists of a series of paired statements. | Dichotomous key |
| The division of organisms into groups, or classes, based on specific characteristics. | Classification |
| Who is credited with founding the science of taxonomy? | Linnaeus |
| What kingdom does slime mold belong to? | Protista |
| Which levels of classification is missing in the following (from general to specific)? Kingdom, phylum, class, ______________, family, genus, species. | Order |
| What is the name of a scientist that classifies living things? | Taxonomist |
| Scientists classify organisms based on their _________________________? | characteristics |
| A giant sequoia belongs to the kingdom _________________ . | Plantae |
| Classes include one or more ___________________________ . | orders |
| Genera are sorted into _______________________ . | species |
| Kingdoms are sorted into phyla, and phyla into __________________________________ . | classes |
| Members of the kingdom Animalia depend on bacteria and ________________ to recycle dead organisms. | Fungi |
| What is the scientific name for the Asian elephant? | Elephas maximus |
| How many kingdoms are there today? | 6 |
| Who was the first to classify organisms? | Aristotle |
| Most living things were once classified only as plants and _________________________ . | animals |
| The scientific name is based on the __________________ and species. | genus |
| What is an aid that helps to distinguish organisms that you don't already know? | dichotomous key |
| Mushrooms belong to the kingdom _______________________ . | Fungi |
| A member of the kingdom _________________ causes pneumonia. | Eubactera |