Organisms are classified by which of the following?

Traits and genetic relationships

Level of classification that is below phylum & above family

An animal that lacks a backbone or nerve cord

Taxonomy is the branch of science that deals with –

classification of living organisms.

Why is it important to have a common scientific classification system in the world? It –

allows all scientists to classify and name living organisms.

The ability to produce it’s own food through photosynthesis

An ordered system to classify organisms

A branching diagram of shared features within organisms

Binomial nomenclature

A two-word scientific name consisting of the genus & species

The level of classification; below kingdom and above class

The evolutionary development of a species

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An organism that must consume other organisms for energy
Heterotroph
Kingdom
Autotroph
Chemotroph
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Which of the following levels of classification is the largest group of organisms?
Species
Order
Family
Kingdom
3
An organism is multicellular, heterotrophic, motile. This organism must belong to the Kingdom-
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Protista
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Which fictional organisms are most closely related
Frogus hop
Frogus leap
Salamanderi jumpi
Toadus hop
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Organisms are classified by which of the following?
Diet and position in a food web
Habitat and niche it occupies
Physical attributes
Traits and genetic relationships
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Two organisms in the same class are more similar than two organisms that are only in the same -
Phylum
order
species.
genus
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A heterotrophic, multicellular organism; belongs to the Kingdom-
Protistae
Animalia
Fungi
Plantae
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The scientific system that groups living organisms by different levels of classification
Cladogram
Ecology
Taxonomy
Phylogeny
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Class
An animal that lacks a backbone or nerve cord
Level of classification that is below phylum & above family
Level of classification that is below kingdom & above phylum
An organism that can produce it’s own food
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A tool to find the classification of an unknown organism by a series of identifying questions
Dichotomous key
Chemotroph
Heterotrophic
Taxonomy
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Invertebrate
Level of classification that is below class & above genus
An organism that must consume other organisms for energy
The system of naming organisms developed by Carolus Linnaeus
An animal that lacks a backbone or nerve cord
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The correct way to write a scientific name
Frogus Leap
Frogus leap
Frogus leap
Frogus Leap
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Taxonomy is the branch of science that deals with –
organization of all non-living things.
composition of the material universe.
classification of living organisms.
function of cellular structures.
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A unicellular organism with a nucleus that is heterotrophic and does not have cell walls
animal like protist
plant like protist
fungal like protist
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Why is it important to have a common scientific classification system in the world? It –
makes sure that species will no longer change over time.
allows different countries to have different naming systems.
makes it easier to find new species.
allows all scientists to classify and name living organisms.
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Autotrophic
An animal that lacks a backbone or nerve cord
The ability to produce it’s own food through photosynthesis
The system of naming organisms developed by Carolus Linnaeus
Trait of an organism to consume other organisms for energy
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An organism composed of many cells
Phylogeny
Multicellular
Heterotrophic
Binomial nomenclature
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Taxonomy
A two-word scientific name consisting of genus & species
The evolutionary development of a species
branching diagram of shared characteristics within organisms
An ordered system to classify organisms
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A classification system based upon the evolutionary history of groups of organisms
Phylogeny
Ancestry
Species
Cladistics
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Cladogram
The evolutionary development of a species
An ordered system to classify organisms
A two-word scientific name consisting of genus & species
A branching diagram of shared features within organisms
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Binomial nomenclature
The evolutionary development of a species
A two-word scientific name consisting of the genus & species
An ordered system to classify organisms
A branching diagram that shows shared features of organisms
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Phylum
The level of classification; below class and above family
An organisms lineage of descendants
The highest level of taxonomy containing exteremophiles
The level of classification; below kingdom and above class
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Phylogeny
A branching diagram of shared features within organisms
A two-word scientific name consisting of genus & species.
An ordered system to classify organisms
The evolutionary development of a species
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What structure is common to all domains of living organisms?
DNA
Nucleus
Jaws

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