Classification and Taxonomy

How many domains are there?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4, but there are a lot more to be discovered

An organism’s scientific name consists of its...

• Domain and kingdom
• Phylum and class
• Family and order
• Genus and species

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

Which domain contains organisms that are unicellular, prokaryotic, and can cause illness yet also make food such as yogurt.

• Eukarya
• Archaea
• Bacteria
• Protista

Which kingdom has all multi-cellular organisms that move to get to their food?

• Protist
• Fungi
• Plant
• Animal

The domain containing Kingdom Fungi, Protista, Animalia and Plantae

• Bacteria
• Archaea
• Eukarya

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In the levels of classification, what comes after phylum?

• class
• family
• genus
• order

What is the name for the classification system that uses two names?

• taxonomy levels
• classification studies
• binomial theorem
• binomial nomenclature

The correct way to write the scientific name for a red maple tree is....

• ACER RUBRUM
• Red maple
• acer rubrum
• Acer rubrum

A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?

• Whip Scorpion
• Wind Scorpion
• Daddy long legs
• Scorpion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2