Classification test review

What is Linnaeus's most important contribution to biology?

• genus and species
• taxonomy
• classification
• binomial nomenclature

You are an American scientist working with Chinese scientists to protect the endangered giant panda. As you can't speak or write Chinese, how do you make sure that your coworkers and you are working on the same animal?

• use texts and emails
• genus and species
• use pictures
• speak same language

The study of classifying and naming organisms. 

• Linneaus
• classification
• binomial nomenclature
• taxonomy

Which of the following list it the most correct order for listing the classification system.  

• phylum, class, order, genus, species, domain, kingdom
• family, species, genus, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain
• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
• genus, species, kingdom, phylum, family, order  

The evolutionary history of an organism is its  

• kingdom
• history
• phylogeny
• evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

The two-word naming system used to classify living things is called  

• Genus species
• binomial nomenclature
• domain kingdom
• archae bacteria

The first and largest of the seven taxonomical categories

• kingdom
• phylogeny
• genus
• species

A group of similar species. Also the first word of an organism’s scientific name

• Genus
• species
• phylogeny
• binomial nomenclature

Which of the following is NOT one of the six kingdoms?

• animalia
• eubacteria
• monera
• fungi

Of the 7 taxonomical categories which is the smallest?

• species
• kingdom
• genus
• order