Historical
Levels of Classification
Types of Characters
Kingdoms and Domains
Weird Animals - Not on Quiz
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Carl Linnaeus
This individual is credited with developing the more formalized system of classification we use today.
100
This is the most specific level of classification.
What is species?
100
Characters that may serve a different purpose, but have similar underlying structures are known as
What is Homologous?
100
We are in this kingdom. We are heterotrophic and multicellular.
What is animalia?
100
The fastest animal on earth reaches speeds of over 200 mph while hunting, it is known as.
What is the peregrine falcon?
200
The system first developed in the 1700s which refers to specific species by two names is known as this.
What is Binomial Nomenclature?
200
The first portion of the scientific name of an organism is made up of this, the second most specific level of classification.
What is genus?
200
Traits which serve a similar purpose but evolved independently of each other are known as.
What is Analogous?
200
This Domain contains organisms sometimes known as extremophiles.
What is Archaea?
200
This fish looks like a human face.
What is the blobfish?
300
This Greek philosopher introduced one of the earliest known systems of taxonomy.
Who was Aristotle?
300
The third most specific level of classification is known as this.
What is family?
300
A trait that is shared by the common ancestor and the whole line of descent is known as this.
What is an Ancestral Trait?
300
This kingdom contains generally autotrophic, multicellular organisms with a cell wall.
What is plantae?
300
This species of whale has a large protruding tooth which resembles a horn.
What is the narwhal?
400
This individual first referred to the idea of the diversity of life in terms of a branching tree - the tree of life.
Who was Darwin?
400
Fungi are an example of this second most broad level of classification.
What is kingdom.
400
A trait which may not be shared by a common ancestor, and as such has evolved in a group more recently is known as
What is a Derived Trait?
400
This Domain contains single celled organisms which live in a wide variety of environments, including your intestines.
What is Bacteria?
400
This mammal lays eggs and resembles a hedgehog.
What is an echidna?
500
This was the result of giant volcanoes 250 million years ago which killed 95% of life on earth.
What was the Permian Mass Extinction?
500
The broadest level of classification we use is known as this.
What is Domain?
500
Examples of this kind of trait are amino acids, DNA, and RNA. They can be used to compare organisms at the genetic level.
What are biochemical traits?
500
This kingdom consists of generally unicellular eukaryotes which can be autotrophic or heterotrophic.
What is Protista?
500
This "shrimp" hunts crabs by punching them impossibly hard.
What is the mantis shrimp?
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