Jeopardy
Classification Classification
Binomial Evolutionary Miscellaneous
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Nomenclature Relationships
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from
Classification 1
Who developed the classification
system utilized by today’s scientists?
$100 Answer from
Classification 1
Carolus Linnaeus
$200 Question from
Classification 1
Zoology is the study of what kingdom?
$200 Answer from
Classification 1
Kingdom Animalia
$300 Question from
Classification 1
List the seven levels of the
classification hierarchy from
least specific to most specific.
$300 Answer from
Classification 1
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
$400 Question from
Classification 1
Identify one of the limitations of
Aristotle’s classification system.
$400 Answer from
Classification 1
1. Not all organisms fit into the two groups.
2. Common names can be misleading.
3. Names vary from place to place.
4. Animals go by different names in different
countries.
$500 Question from
Classification 1
What is the science of naming
and organizing organisms according
to their characteristics?
$500 Answer from
Classification 1
Taxonomy
$100 Question from
Classification 2
How did Aristotle first
classify organisms?
$100 Answer from
Classification 2
Plants and Animals
$200 Question from
Classification 2
If dogs and wolves belong to the
same genus, what other group(s)
must they belong to?
$200 Answer from
Classification 2
Family, Order, Class, Phylum, and
Kingdom
$300 Question from
Classification 2
What is the definition of morphology?
$300 Answer from
Classification 2
Structure and Function
$400 Question from
Classification 2
What is the science of classifying
species into groups?
$400 Answer from
Classification 2
Cladistics
$500 Question from
Classification 2
Similar families together make up
a(n) ____________.
$500 Answer from
Classification 2
Order
$100 Question from
Binomial Nomenclature
Who was responsible for developing
the binomial nomenclature
scientific naming system?
$100 Answer from
Binomial Nomenclature
Carolus Linnaeus
$200 Question from
Binomial Nomenclature
In a scientific name, what does the
second name represent?
$200 Answer from
Binomial Nomenclature
The species of an organism
$300 Question from
Binomial Nomenclature
How do you write a scientific name?
$300 Answer from
Binomial Nomenclature
Name is italicized or underlined
1st name – capitalized
2nd name – lowercase
$400 Question from
Binomial Nomenclature
What is the scientific name for humans?
$400 Answer from
Binomial Nomenclature
Homo sapiens
$500 Question from
Binomial Nomenclature
What does binomial nomenclature mean?
$500 Answer from
Binomial Nomenclature
Two-name (or two-part) naming
$100 Question from
Evolutionary Relationships
What characteristic do turtles and
crocodiles have in common?
$100 Answer from
Evolutionary Relationships
Amniotic Eggs
$200 Question from
Evolutionary Relationships
What is the definition of phylogeny?
$200 Answer from
Evolutionary Relationships
Evolutionary history of a species
$300 Question from
Evolutionary Relationships
What diagram illustrates evolutionary
relationships based on shared
derived characteristics?
$300 Answer from
Evolutionary Relationships
Cladograms
$400 Question from
Evolutionary Relationships
_____________ characteristics perform
different functions, but have very similar
structural construction.
$400 Answer from
Evolutionary Relationships
Homologous
$500 Question from
Evolutionary Relationships
What are the five pieces of evidence
used by scientists in order to
determine evolutionary relationships?
$500 Answer from
Evolutionary Relationships
1. Fossil Record
2. Morphology
3. Embryology
4. Chromosomes
5. Macromolecules (DNA and proteins)
$100 Question from
Miscellaneous
What kind of tool can be used
to identify an unknown organism?
$100 Answer from
Miscellaneous
Dichotomous Key
$200 Question from
Miscellaneous
Who was the first person to ever
group organisms into an organized
fashion?
$200 Answer from
Miscellaneous
Aristotle
$300 Question from
Miscellaneous
What group of animals is most
closely related to placental mammals?
$300 Answer from
Miscellaneous
Marsupial Mammals
$400 Question from
Miscellaneous
How do you write the scientific name
for the family dog?
a. Canis familiaris
b. Canis Familiaris
c. Canis familiaris
d. canis familiaris
$400 Answer from
Miscellaneous
c. Canis familiaris
$500 Question from
Miscellaneous
Which part of this cladogram
represents the ancestral characteristic?
$500 Answer from
Miscellaneous
Part 1
Final Jeopardy
1A. Bird has talons……………… go to 2
1B. Bird does not have talons….... go to 5
2A. Bird has tufts of feathers on ears… Screech Owl
2B. Bird does not have ear tufts ….. … go to 3
3A. Bird has a featherless head ……….. Vulture
3B. Bird does not have a featherless head …. go to 4
4A. Bird has bar-like markings on chest … Barred Owl
4B. Bird does not have bar-like markings … go to 6
Final Jeopardy Answer
The Barred Owl