Animal Classification

What is the grouping of objects or organisms based on a set of specific criteria?

• classification
• organization
• taxonomy

Who developed the first widely accepted system of biological classification?

• Aristotle
• Linnaeus 

Aristotle divided all organisms into two broad categories. What were they?

• Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
• Plants and Animals
• Mammals and Reptiles
• Birds and Mammals 

Who created the first formal system of organism classification?

• Aristotle 
• Linnaeus

What two criteria were Linnaeus's classification system based off of?

• behavior and morphology
• reproductive methods and morphology
• behavior and reproductive methods
• reproductive methods and habitat

A discipline of biology primarily concerned with identifying, naming, and classifying species based on natural relationships

• classification
• systematics
• organization
• taxonomy

The study of biological diversity with an emphasis on evolutionary history

• taxonomy
• classification
• systematics
• organization

What two-part naming system did Linnaeus use for classifying all organisms?

• Taxonomy
• Systematics
• Binomial nomenclature
• Trinomial nomenclature

Which two taxonomic categories does an organism's scientific name include?

• Domain and Kingdom
• Kingdom and Species
• Family and Genus
• Genus and Species

Which taxonomic category in an organism's scientific name is always capitalized?

• Family
• Class
• Genus
• Species