Vocabulary
Living Organisms
Phylogeny
Hierarchy
Domain/Kingdom
100

What does taxonomy mean?

What is classification.

100

What is one characteristic of a living organism?

What is reproduction.

100

What characteristic does only the wolf exhibit?

What is hair.

100

What is the broadest taxon?

What is domain.

100

How many domains are there?

What are three.

200

What is a taxonomist?

What is a scientist who names and identifies organisms. 

200

What characteristic of a living organism does a tree show?

What is growing. 

200

What characteristic does the wolf and grouper have in common?

What is a  jaw bone.

200

What is the most specific taxon?

What is species?

200

What are the three domains?

What is archaea, bacteria and eukarya. 

300

What is a homologous structure?

What is a characteristic that the same structure but different function.

300

What is true of an elephant and a microscopic pond organism?

What is they both contain at least one cell.

300

What character does only the human have?

What is loss of opposable thumb on the feet.

300

What two taxon make up the scientific name of a species? (binomial nomenclature) 

What is genus and species. 

300

How many kingdoms are in eukarya? Name them.

What is 4. Protista, fungi, animalia, plantae.

400

What does binomial nomenclature mean?

What is a two name naming system.

400

What is an example of a physical response?

What is the color of an Arctic fox's fur changing in the winter.

400

What does a phylogeny look at?

What is characteristics based on evolution.

400

How many organisms are there in the species.

What is 1. 

400

What is a characteristic of an archae cell?

What is a unicellular organism that can be found in extreme environments. 

500

What is a phylogeny?

What is a evolutionary tree for organisms.

500

What is an example of a behavioral response?

What is birds flying south in the winter.

500

What characteristics does a Rhesus monkey not have?

What is a loss of tail.

500

What is the order of the hierarchy from broadest to most specific?

What is domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.

500

What traits do bacteria and archaea have?

What are no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles.

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