Categories
Identification
Kingdoms
Scientific Names
Wild Card
100
What are the 8 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest?
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
100

Which kingdoms (2) contain no nucleus?

EuBacteria and Archea

100
How many different kingdoms are there?
6
100
What is the 2 word system for naming organisms?
binomial nomenclature
100

How many species are currently discovered? 

13 billion 

200
What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?
domain
200

Multicellular, Heterotrophic, No cell wall, Differentiated cells

Animalia 

200
Name the 6 Kingdoms.
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Arachaebacteria, and Eubacteria
200
What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?
taxonomy
200

What is the process by which cells become specialized in form, function, or job?

Differentiation and/or specialized 

300
What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?
species
300

Unicellular or Multicellular, Decomposer 

Fungi

300
What is the only kingdom where all members have cells that lack cell walls completely?
animal
300

What two words make up a scientific name? (What is the first word and what is the second word?)

Hint: Think about the order of taxa (groupings)

genus and species

300

Which taxa has the smallest number of species with their groupings? 

Species 

400

What is the category that contains 6 groupings?

kingdom

400

What Kingdom contains very extreme bacteria, whose names often end in -phile and tend to live in extreme environments?

Archaea

400
Name 2 differences between plants and fungi.
plants are autotrophs, fungi are heterotrophs; plant cell walls have cellulose, fungi cell walls have chitin
400
Who came up with binomial nomenclature? 

Linnaeus 

400

What are two rules that is necessary to follow for binomial nomenclature? 

Genus must be Capitalized

species must be italicized  

Underline when writing 

Typically Latin or Greek

500
What is the category that contains many similar families?
order
500

Kingdom that include slime mold, red algae, dinoflagellates, euglenas, etc.

Protista

500
Name 2 differences between the plant and animal kingdom.
plants are autotrophs, animals are heterotrophs; plants have a cell wall, animals do not
500

During what time period did Linnaeus live?

18th century or 1700s

500

Put all taxa in the correct sequence

Domain - Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species

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