Name_________________________________________________________Period_____

Classification Review
1. Classify the following as living, non-living or once living:
Dirt
Bacteria
Wood
Fungus
Bat
Computer
Rock
Car
Water
Apple
2. Group these animals according to body structure: dog, fox, bear, rabbit, cat, horse, dog, antelope, deer,
coyote


3. Why has our original two kingdom classification system changed to a 5 kingdom classification system?



4. Why will our classification system continue to be modified?



5. Indicate whether the following would be a good way to classify things:
By what lure catches a fish
The size of the leaves on a tree
By the size of the fish
The color of the leaves on a tree
The shape of the fishes head
The number of leaves on a tree
How long the fished lived
The edges of the leaves
The shape of the fin on the fish
The popularity of the fish among fishermen
Whether an animal flies, walks or swims
How an animal behaves

6. If you were classifying a cow, water, a bee, a rock, and a bird, what would be the most general way to
classify them? What would be the most specific way of classifying them?
a. things made of atoms
b. things that are living
c. things have backbones
d. things that are mammals
7. Write which domain is being described below.
a. ____________________ the cells that make up the organisms in this domain have a nucleus and
organelles.
b. ____________________ these organisms live in very extreme environments, they are one-celled
and their cells dont have a nucleus.
c. ____________________ these organisms are very common and live almost everywhere
(including on and in us). They are one-celled and their cells dont have a nucleus.
8. The Domain Eukarya is divided into four kingdoms. Write which kingdom is being described.
a. _________________They make their own food, have cell walls made of cellulose, are
multicellular and have chloroplasts.
b. _________________They must eat to get their energy, they do not have cell walls and are
multicellular.
c. __________________This is the leftover kingdom. All organisms that arent in the other three
kingdom are put in this kingdom.
d. __________________ These organisms cant make their own food so they absorb food from their
surroundings and are multicellular.


9. In the scientific name Homo sapiens the name Homo is our ______________ and sapiens is our
_______________.

10. What is one thing that a turtle can do that a computer cant that makes a turtle a living thing?


11. Write the levels of classification from most general to most specific.




12. If two animals belonged to the same family and two animals belonged to the same order, which pair of
animals would have the most similarities?



13. Which level of classification has the most different kinds of organisms in it?


14. What happens to the number of similarities between organisms as you go down the levels of
classification from Domain to Species?


15. Why are microscopes important in classification of living things?


16. Why isnt a robot considered a living thing?


17. Put the following in order from general to specific: things in the universe, things made of cells, things
with hair, things found on the earth, things with a backbone.

18. Fill out the following classification key:

1. a.
b.
2. a.
b.
3. a.
b.
4. a.
b.

Animal has fur

Animal does not have fur
Animal is carnivorous (eats meat)
Animal is herbivorous (eats plants)
Animal has pointed ears that stand up
Animal has soft, floppy ears that hang to the sides
Animal has feathers
Animal does not have feathers

Go to #2
Go to #4
Go to #3
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Cat

Guinea
pig

Dog

Fish

Bird