The system based on shared characteristics that is used to classify organisms is (Hint: There is a number)
What is the seven-level system
100
He is known as the father of taxonomy because he is the founder
Who is Carolus Linnaeus
100
Euglena is a member of this kingdom
What is Kingdom Protista
100
Scientists classify organisms based on their
What are characteristics
100
There are this many kingdoms today
What is 6
200
In order, the three levels of classification in addition to kingdom, family, genus, and species
What is phylum, class, and order
200
For hundreds of years, people thought that all living things belonged to one of these two groups
What is animal or plant
200
The scientific name for the common house cat is Felis domesticus. The species name of this organism is
What is domesticus
200
Slime mold belong to this kingdom
What is Kingdom Protista
200
There are this many levels of classification
What is seven
300
These two parts of the seven levels of classification is used to create the scientific name of an organism
What is genus and species
300
The seven levels of classification, from general to specific, are
What is kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
300
The seahorse found along the Atlantic Coast of the United States has the scientific name Hippocampus hudsonius. The genus that this organism belongs to is
What is Hippocampus
300
There are this many prokaryotic kingdoms
What is 2
400
By working through the statements of a dichotomous key, you can find this
What is the identity of an organism
400
The science of describing, classifying, and naming organisms
What is taxonomy
400
Bacteria and Fungi both belong to this feeding group
What is decomposer
400
Of this list, which is not classified by biologists:
living things
extinct organisms
plants
rocks
What is rocks
400
There are this many Eukaryotic Kingdoms
What is 4
500
The division of organisms into groups or classes, based on characteristics, is
What is classification
500
Scientists do this when they discover new organisms that do not fit into any of the six kingdoms
What is create new kingdoms
500
Fungi does this to take in nutrients from their surroundings
What is absorb and digest them
500
Of the following, which is not considered by scientists when classifying organisms:
Backbones
Feathers
Hair
How humans use the organism