Animal Classification

The study of how scientists classify organisms is called_____.

• Classification
• Taxonomy
• Kingdom
• Order

The more classification levels an organism shares with another, the more characteristics they have in common.

• True
• False

Organisms are placed into this classification based on the number of cells in their body and their ability to make food.

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order

The first major division for a kingdom

• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Genus

The first word of an organism's scientific name.

• Class
• Order
• Genus
• Species

This is the second word of an organism's scientific name.

• Class
• Order
• Genus
• Species

Means they cannot make their own food and must get energy by consuming other plants or animals

• heterotroph
• autotroph

Have an exoskeleton

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are all .........

• invertebrates
• vertebrates
• autotrophs
• Carnivores

This means cold-blooded

• Ectothermic
• Endothermic