Classification - Glencoe Worksheet
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Reinforcement and Study Guide
Reinforcement and Study Guide
Chapter
Chapter
17
Organizing Life’s Diversity
Section 17.1 Classification
In your textbook, read about how classification began and about biological classification.
For each item in Column A, write the letter of the matching item in Column B.
Column A
Column B
d
____________
1. Grouping objects or information based on similarities
a. Aristotle
f
b. Linnaeus
____________
2. Naming system that gives each organism a two-word name
a
c. genus
____________
3. Developed the first system of classification
e
d. classification
____________
4. Branch of biology that groups and names organisms
e. taxonomy
b
____________
5. Designed a system of classifying organisms based on
their physical and structural similarities
f. binomial
nomenclature
c
____________
6. Consists of a group of similar species
Determine if the statement is true. If it is not, rewrite the italicized part to make it true.
7. The scientific name of a species consists of a family name and a descriptive name.
genus
8. The scientific name of modern humans is Homo sapiens.
true
9. Latin is the language of scientific names.
true
10. The scientific names of organisms can be misleading.
common
11. Taxonomists try to identify the evolutionary relationships among organisms.
true
12. Besides comparing the structures of organisms, taxonomists also compare the organisms’ geographic
distribution and chemical makeup.
true
13. Similarities between living species and extinct species cannot be used to determine their relationship
to each other.
can
14. Because the bones of some dinosaurs have large internal spaces, some scientists think dinosaurs are
more closely related to amphibians than to reptiles.
birds
15. Classification can be useful in identifying the characteristics of an unknown organism.
true
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CHAPTER 17
BIOLOGY: The Dynamics of Life
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