Taxonomy & Classification

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What scientific name is correct? Options: Quercus Alba, Quercus alba, quercus Alba, quercus alba

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Quercus alba

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Canis lupus, the scientific name for a wolf, is in which genus?

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Canis

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Which category of classification has the largest variety of organisms? Options: genus, phylum, species, kingdom

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kingdom

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Into which two groups did Aristotle classify all living things?

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plants and animals

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Which is the best prediction regarding the current classification system?

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The system may change as new information and organisms are discovered.

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An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?

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genus and species

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Why is Carl Linnaeus's binomial classification system important?

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because it created specific scientific names for living things

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Which taxonomic category is higher than the others? Options: Class, Genus, Family, Phylum

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Phylum

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How will the classification of organisms most likely change in the future?

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They will be classified based on DNA analysis.

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What is the order of the taxonomic levels from least specific to most specific? Options: Kingdom, Family, Species, Order, Class, Phylum, Genus, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Species, Order, Kingdom, Family, Genus, Phylum, Class, Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species