Ch. 9: Classification

The sorting of organisms into orderly groups based on characteristics is called ___________.

True or False?  Fungi make sugar through photosynthesis.

Which is NOT a characteristic of a protist?

True or False?  All known living things have a two-part scientific name.

__________ is the largest, most general group of organisms.

Which animal is the closest relative of the House cat?

True or False?  A scientific name consists of an organism's family and species.

All organisms classified into a single kingdom are then divided into ________.

_______ are eukaryotic organisms that make sugar through photosynthesis.

Which is NOT a characteristic of bacteria?

You can find ___________ living in places where most organisms could not survive.

Two organisms that are in the same order will also be in the same _______

Dichotomous keys are used to identify unknown organisms.

Most bacteria are classified in the _______ kingdom.

_________ is the science of identifying, classifying, and naming living things.

There are _____ levels of classification for living things.

The most specific level of classification is the _____________.

Scientific names identify an organism's genus and __________.

What characteristic do lions have that brown bears do not?

Which level of classification comes between Kingdom and Class?

A maple tree is a member of the kingdom ______.

A ____________ name is always the same for a specific organism.

The species "Elephas maximus" is the Indian elephant.  Which part identifies the genus?

A dichotomous key consists of pairs of question that have only _______ possible responses.

True or False?  An organism may have many different scientific names.

True or False?  For hundreds of years, all living things were classified as animals or plants.

True or False?  All protists are single-celled organisms.

Which is NOT an example of fungi?

The ____________ group contains only one kind of animal.

Which kingdom does NOT include multicellular organisms?