Taxonomy & Classification

Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?

• organisms that share a domain
• organisms that share a family 
• organisms that share a genus 
• organisms that share a species 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name
• genus and species name
• domain and kingdom name
• kingdom and phylum name

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

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

• dichotomous key
• binomial nomenclature
• cladogram
• phylogenic tree

Cells that do not have a true nucleus are called....

• eukaryote
• prokaryote
• unicellular
• multicellular

Cells that have a true nucleus are called....

• eukaryotes
• prokaryotes
• unicellular
• multicellular

Organisms are the same ___________ when they can have offspring, then those offspring can have more offspring.

• Class
• Family
• Species
• Phylum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which organisms are closely related? 

• American badger and leopard
• coyote and gray wolf
• european otter and leopard
• coyote and american badger

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Hermit crab is a scientific name.

• TRUE
• FALSE

In a dichotomous key, each question contains four choices.

• TRUE
• FALSE