Characteristics and Classification of Living Things

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Plants make their own energy molecules (food) using photosynthesis. What do we call this type of organism?

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Autotroph

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The criteria that scientists use to classify organisms include morphology, evolutionary history and _________.

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DNA/genetics

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Canis lupus, the scientific name for a wolf, is in which genus?

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Canis

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Which is the best prediction regarding the current classification system?

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The system may change as new information and organisms are discovered.

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An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?

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genus and species

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Which taxonomic category is higher than the others? Options: Class, Genus, Family, Phylum

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Phylum

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How will the classification of organisms most likely change in the future? Options: DNA analysis, similar organs, common descent, protein production.

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DNA analysis

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What is the order of the taxonomic levels from least specific to most specific? Options: Kingdom, Family, Species, Order, Class, Phylum, Genus, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Species, Order, Kingdom, Family, Genus, Phylum, Class, Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics. Options: domain, kingdom, species, class

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species

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The closer animals are, the more _________ they share.

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Levels of taxonomy