Classification and Taxonomy

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
• Domain, Kingdom, Species, Phylum, Family, Order, Class, Genus

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

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Thomas Jefferson
• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein 

What is the genus name here:
Canis lupus

• Canis
• lupus

Which Domain/Kingdom is capable of living in extreme environments like hot springs, geysers, or very salty waters?

• Bacteria
• Archaea
• Eukarya

An organism that gets its food by consuming other organisms is known as a:

• heterotroph
• autotroph
• prokaryote
• eukaryote

Which characteristics best describes the Plant Kingdom?

• unicellular; eukaryote; autotroph
• multicellular, prokaryote, autotroph
• multicellular, eukaryote, autotroph
• unicellular, prokaryote, heterotroph

Which characteristics best describes the Animal Kingdom?

• unicellular, eukaryote, autotroph
• multicellular, prokaryote, heterotroph
• multicellular, eukaryote, autotroph
• multicellular, eukaryote, heterotroph

Which characteristics best describe the Kingdom Protista?

• multicellular, eukaryote, heterotroph and autotroph
• multicellular and unicellular, heterotoph and autotroph, eukaryote
• unicellular, autotroph, prokaryote
• multicellular and unicellular, prokaryote, heterotroph

Which characteristics best describe the Kingdom Fungi?

• multicellular and unicellular, eukaryote, autotroph
• multicellular and unicellular, prokaryote, heterotroph
• multicellular, eukaryote, heterotoph
• multicellular and unicellular, eukaryote, heterotroph