Classification Warm-Up 11/30

The science of classifying objects

• Taxonomy
• Classificthesaurus
• Genetics
• Biology

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Aristotle
• Charles Darwin
• Louis Pasteur

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

• 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 is NOT a domain?

• Eukarya
• Archae
• Bacteria
• Plantae

How many kingdoms are there?

• 1
• 6
• 3
• 13

Your scientific name is made up of .....

• Genus and Species
• Kingdom and Species
• Class and Order
• Kingdom and Phylum

Which of the following is not true when comparing scientific and common names?

• Scientific names vary from place to place.
• Common names can vary from place to place.
• Scientific names are written in Latin.
• Common names can inaccurately describe the organism and be confusing.

Which part of your scientific name should NOT be capitilized?

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Genus
• Species

A two part naming system is called ....

• Binomial Nomenclature
• Biparticle Taxonomy
• Dual Namology
• Bindle Fiber

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