Classification

What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things?

• taxonomy
• taxadermy
• taxicab
• toxicology

In the 8 levels of classification which level is the broadest category? 

• Kingdom
• Family
• Species
• Domain

Things that are classified together ___________.

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

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Which organism is MOST closely related to the common chimpanzee?

• grey wolf
• human
• monarch butterfly
• tiger snake

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Who organized living things based on shared characteristics and created a system for assigning scientific names?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Robert Hooke
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• James Watson

What are the 8 levels of classification of living things from most general to most specific?

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
• domain, kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genius, species
• domain, kingdom, family, class, order, family, genus, species
• domain, king, phillip, class, order, family, genus, species

If two species share the same class, they also share the same ______.

• phylum
• order
• genus
• species

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Organisms that belong to the same _________ share the MOST DNA.

• family
• kingdom
• genus
• species

What is the difference between the full classification of organisms and their scientific names? 

• The full classification of organisms and their scientific names vary in different countries. 
• The scientific names of organisms include the order and family of the organisms, but the full classification includes only the species name. 
• The full classification of organisms will include more categories of organisms than their scientific names. 
• The scientific names of organisms include a single nomenclature, but the full classification includes various nomenclatures. 

What is the best explanation for the continual changes in the classification system of organisms? 

• All organisms struggle for existence and become extinct. 
• All organisms compete to be at the top of the food chain. 
• Technological advances have allowed scientists to better compare organisms. 
• More species have been discovered, but scientists have not analyzed all the data. 

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