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Life Science – BJUP Chapter 2
Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens
and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living
creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to
every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.
Genesis 2:19-20
Section Review 2A
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Approximately how many types of organisms live on the earth?
What types of characteristics are used to classify organisms today?
What is the technical name for the animal kingdom?
What does a scientist’s classification of humans as just part of the animal kingdom say about his
worldview?
Section Review 2B
1. Which is more accurate, a common name or a scientific name?
2. Which word(s) of a scientific name is/are capitalized?
3. Who gives an organism a scientific name?
Section Review 2C
1. What can be done if after classifying an organism, a better way of classifying that organism is
found?
2. God commanded living things to reproduce after their ______________.
Chapter 2 Review
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What does it mean to classify organisms?
What does the modern classification system use as its basis for placing organisms into groups?
Who proposed the classification system that is still used today?
List in order, from largest to smallest, the seven levels of the classification system.
What two subdivisions of the classification system are used in a scientific name?
Are horses and zebras the same species? The same biblical kind?
Chapter 2 What Did You Learn?
1. What are the benefits of having a good classification system?
2. Which subdivision would you expect to contain more organisms, a phylum or a genus? Explain
your answer?
3. Why are common names sometimes not very useful?
4. How do evolutionists try to use the classification system to reinforce their worldview?