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Which of the following is NOT an example of a classification system? |
| | A) | the arrangement of books in a library |
| | B) | the dairy department of a grocery store |
| | C) | the pattern created by dropping pick-up sticks |
| | D) | the classes and grades in a school |
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To ____ means to group objects, information, or ideas based on the similarities they share. |
| | A) | decompose |
| | B) | distil |
| | C) | infuse |
| | D) | classify |
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Aristotle sorted types of organisms into two categories: _____ and ____. |
| | A) | Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Animalia |
| | B) | Kingdom Animalia, Kingdom Phylum |
| | C) | Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Phylum |
| | D) | Kingdom Animalia, Kingdom Genus |
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The term ____ is used for the largest groups of types of organisms. |
| | A) | phylum |
| | B) | kingdom |
| | C) | genus |
| | D) | species |
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The invention of____ allowed scientists to see organisms that did not belong in either of Aristotle's kingdoms. |
| | A) | the microscope |
| | B) | photosynthesis |
| | C) | stimuli |
| | D) | biology |
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Barry said, "I'm going to study scientific classification." "Oh," said Carmen, "you're going to learn about ____." |
| | A) | chemistry |
| | B) | taxonomy |
| | C) | biology |
| | D) | physics |
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Organisms belonging to the same ____ can mate to produce healthy young. |
| | A) | phylum |
| | B) | class |
| | C) | order |
| | D) | species |
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What is the correct order from most generalto most specific classification? |
| | A) | species, phylum, genus, class, family, order, kingdom |
| | B) | kingdom, species, phylum, genus, class, family, order |
| | C) | species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom |
| | D) | kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
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The scientific name for humans is Homo sapiens. Homo is the ____ for humans, and sapiens is the ____. |
| | A) | genus, species |
| | B) | kingdom, phylum |
| | C) | class, order |
| | D) | family, genus |
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Which of the following groups of people have classification systems that are more detailed than those commonly used by scientists? |
| | A) | biologists |
| | B) | taxonomists |
| | C) | Aboriginal peoples |
| | D) | Kingdomists |
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