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.