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 

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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

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carl Linnaeus
• Carl's Jr.
• Charles Darwin
• Henry Groseclose

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

The ___ control what enters and leaves the cell.

• cell membrane
• cell wall
• nucleus
• cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which 2 organisms have the fewest characteristics in common?

• 2 organisms in the same kingdom
• 2 organisms in the same genus
• 2 organisms in the same species
• 2 organisms in the same family

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Fill-in-the-blank:
Domain--Kingdom--Phylum--____________

• Order
• Family
• Class
• Species

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-2