Taxonomy

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

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:

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

An organisms scientific name is made of (in order) ...

• species, class
• genus, kingdom
• genus, species
• species

Besides the species name, what other category is used for the scientific name?

• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Genus

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

Mosquito  belongs to what kingdom?

• Animal Kingdom
• Plant Kingdom
• Fungi Kingdom
• Protista Kingdom

Dandelion, What kingdom does it belongs to?

• Plant Kingdom
• Animal Kingdom
• Fungi Kingdom
• Protista Kingdom

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Chemistry