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All About Kitty-Cats
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In the scientific name Elephas maximus, what is the first part of the name called?
What is the Genus name
100
True or false. Every living thing is classified in one of three domains.
What is true.
100
How many domains are there in the modern taxonomic system?
What is 3.
100
What is the division of organisms into groups, or classes, based on specific characteristics?
What is classification.
100
What kingdom are kitty cats in (note that they are animals)
What is Kingdom Animalia.
200
How many parts does a scientific name have?
What is 2.
200
Domains are the largest group of classification. True or false?
What is true.
200
What are organisms classified by?
What is their characteristics.
200
What is the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms?
What is taxonomy.
200
For the common house cat, what level of classification would Felis domesticus be?
What is species.
300
True of false? If the text surrounding a scientific name is italicized, the scientific name should still be italicized.
What is false.
300
True or false? A species is a group of organisms that are closely related but cannot mate to produce fertile offspring.
What is false
300
Where can bacteria be found?
Where is soil, water, and inside or on the human body.
300
When was modern taxonomy founded?
What is the 1700's.
300
Felis domesticus is the scientific name for kitty cats (common house cats). What is the genus name?
What is Felis.
400
Do all specific names begin with a lowercase or uppercase letter?
What is lowercase
400
What is the plural of phylum?
What is phyla.
400
Where were archaea first discovered?
Where is extreme environments where other organisms cannot survive.
400
The Chacabo people of Bolivia know of 360 plants that occupy the same forest that they live in. They classified 305 of them as being what?
What is useful.
400
felis Domesticus. What is wrong with this scientific name?
What is the genus name (Felis) should be capitalized and the specific name (domesticus) should be lowercase.
500
In what languages are scientific names written?
What is Latin or Greek
500
What are the levels of classification in order?
What is Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, species.
500
Which kingdoms belong in the domain Eukarya?
What are Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
500
Who developed modern taxonomy?
Who is Carolus Linnaeus.
500
The scientific name for kitty cats (common house cats) is Felis domesticus. What is the specific name?
What is domesticus.