Classification

What level of classification of living things is directly below the Kingdom Level in terms of size?

• Domain
• Phylum
• Genus
• Species

What is the tool used for classifying organisms?

• Microscope
• Taxonomic Key
• Experiment
• Telescope

Which of the following is NOT a reason why scientists classify organisms?

• To help them communicate
• To organize information
• Because they are bored

Which word means to organize into groups?

• sample
• vertebrate
• classify
• organism

The scientific process of placing organism into groups based on their similarities is called ____________________.

• Categorizing
• Grouping
• Classifying
• Declassifying

What is the classification level directly below domain?

• Phylum
• Genus
• Species
• Kingdom

5) The seven levels of the classification system, from most general to most specific, are:   kingdom, _______, class, order, ______, genus, and ________.

• species, family, phylum
• phylum, family, species
• family, phylum, species
• phylum, species, family

Which two levels of classification are used in a scientific name?

• domain and species
• genus and class
• order and family
• genus and species

What word means change over time?

• classification
• revolution
• changification
• evolution

Things that are classified closely together:

• are not related to each other
• have a similar evolutionary history
• are larger organisms
• have a different evolutionary history