This board helps players review Zoology through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Taxonomic Ranks, Insect Orders, Phyla to Know, Classification Purpose, Scientific Names. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.
- Classroom review
- Test prep
- Team trivia
- Group play
- Family game night
A peek at what's on the board — 5 categories and one sample clue from each. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so the game still works.
This rank comes just below Kingdom in the sequence.
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Phylum
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Butterflies and moths belong to this order.
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Lepidoptera
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Animals with backbones belong to this phylum.
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Chordata
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Scientists classify animals based on these shared traits.
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Similarities
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Scientists around the world use these to share one name for an animal.
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Scientific names
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Board content
Taxonomic Ranks
- $100 — This rank comes just below Kingdom in the sequence.
- Phylum
- $200 — This rank sits between Phylum and Order.
- Class
- $300 — This rank comes directly below Class.
- Order
- $400 — This rank comes between Order and Genus.
- Family
- $500 — This rank is directly above Species.
- Genus
Insect Orders
- $100 — Butterflies and moths belong to this order.
- Lepidoptera
- $200 — Beetles belong to this order.
- Coleoptera
- $300 — Dragonflies are in this order.
- Odonata
- $400 — Grasshoppers and crickets are in this order.
- Orthoptera
- $500 — Ants and bees belong to this order.
- Hymenoptera
Phyla to Know
- $100 — Animals with backbones belong to this phylum.
- Chordata
- $200 — Insects, spiders, and crabs are in this phylum.
- Arthropoda
- $300 — Earthworms belong to this phylum.
- Annelida
- $400 — This body feature defines animals in Chordata.
- Backbones
- $500 — These soil-dwelling worms are examples of Annelida.
- Earthworms
Classification Purpose
- $100 — Scientists classify animals based on these shared traits.
- Similarities
- $200 — Classification helps scientists do this with animals, keeping them in order.
- Organize
- $300 — Using groups lets scientists do this to animals correctly.
- Identify
- $400 — Grouping animals helps scientists do more of this research activity.
- Study
- $500 — Classifying animals helps them do all these tasks in this way.
- More easily
Scientific Names
- $100 — Scientists around the world use these to share one name for an animal.
- Scientific names
- $200 — They provide one of these for the same animal across languages.
- Common name
- $300 — Different ones of these may use different common names.
- Countries
- $400 — Scientific names ensure that talk is about this single thing.
- Same animal
- $500 — This two-word system appears in the vocabulary list for naming species.
- Binomial nomenclature
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