Classification and taxa

Which taxon includes the broadest, most general characteristics (and the most organisms)?

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Family
•  species

Which taxon includes more species?

• Family
• Class
• Order
• Genus

If two organisms belong to the same family, what other taxonomic groups do the organisms have in common?

• Kingdom & Phylum
• Kingdom, Phylum & Class
• Kingdom, Phylum, Class & Order
• All of them

Use your chart:
Which two organisms in the chart are most closely related?

• Mouse and Kangaroo
• Cardinal and Yellow Finch
• Cardinal and Whale
• Mushroom and Snail

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Use your chart:
To which taxa do all eight  organisms belong?

• Kingdom only
• Kingdom & Phylum
• Kingdom, Phylum & Class
• None

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which two taxa do we use to give the scientific name (binomial nomenclature)?

• Kingdom and phylum
• Genus and species
• Order and family
• Kingdom and species

Use your chart:
What is the CORRECT scientific name for a human?

• Animalia Chordata
• Hominidae homo
• Homo Sapien
• Homo sapiens

Which kingdom do humans belong to?

• Plantae
• Fungi
• Animalia
• Protista

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

• dichotmous key
• binomial nomenclature
• 2 scientific names
• binomial key

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