Taxonomy Quiz B

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 science of classifying and naming organisms is ______________.

• evolution
• taxonomy
• grouping
• scientific names

A tool used by a taxonomist to identify an unknown organism is known as a __________.

• dichotomous key
• binomial nomenclature
• scientific name
• binomial key

Smallest taxonomic group with many similar characteristics...

• domain
• kingdom
• species
• class

Which organisms pictured on the cladogram have hair?

• prosimians only
• prosimians and humans
• humans only
• prosimians and birds

Which 2 organisms would be able to reproduce and produce fertile offspring?

• 2 organisms in the same class

• 2 organisms in the same family

• 2 organisms in the same genus

• 2 organisms in the same species

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

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Aristotle
• Charles Darwin
• Louis Pasteur

The 7 levels of classification, from most broad to most specific are ...

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

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

A Prokaryote is

• Cell with a nucleus
• Cell without a nucleus
• One cell
• Many cells