Taxonomy and Classification

Multiple Choice

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Chemistry

Multiple Choice

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name

• genus and species name

• domain and kingdom name

• kingdom and phylum name

Multiple Select

8B: The classification of four trees are shown in the table. Which two trees are the most closely related? Select two answers.

• Taiwan beech

• Taiwan catkin yew

• Japanese maple

• Lodgepole pine

Multiple Choice

8A: Organisms are classified today using the Linnaean system, and the following table shows the taxonomic classification of two marine organisms living along the Pacific Coast. Taxonomic classification is important to marine biologists because it provides a way to:

• prove that marine evolution occurs

• discover and name every marine organism on Earth

• designate Latin as the universal language of marine biology

• identify marine organisms and find evolutionary relationships between them

Open Ended

8A: The gray squirrel, Eastern fox squirrel, and red squirrel are all different species of squirrels. Why is having a scientific name for each species of organisms important?

Multiple Choice

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

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

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

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

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

Multiple Choice

8B Many tree frog populations are threatened due to habitat loss. In an effort to promote conservation, tree frogs may be bred in captivity. A zoo acquired male and female tree frogs from two different populations. In the zoo, the tree frogs were able to successfully mate within their own population, but breeding attempts between the two populations were unsuccessful.

Based on this information, which statement correctly describes the relationship between the two populations of tree frogs?

• They are in the same species but different kingdoms.

• They are in the same class but different phyla

• They are in the same family but different orders

• They are in the same genus but different species.

Multiple Choice

8A The Linnaean taxonomic system classifies organisms into divisions called taxa. If two organisms belong to the same taxonomic group, they are related. Similarity at which of these levels indicates the closest relationship?

• Kingdom

• Class

• Order

• Genus

Multiple Choice

Binomial nomenclature is always written in italics.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which binomial nomenclature is written correctly?

• Marmota Monax

• Marmota monax

• marmota monax

• marmota Monax

• none of the answers are correct

Multiple Choice

What is the binomial nomenclature of the gopher?

• Thomomysus bottoe

• Animalia chordata

• Geomidyae thomomysus

Multiple Choice

What is the binomial nomenclature of the dog?

• Canis familiaris

• Canis lupus

• Carnivora canidae