NC EOC Review: Classification of Organisms

The study of how organisms are organized and grouped based on their characteristics is called:

• Taxonomy

• Biology

• Ecology

• Nomenclature

Aristotle's was the first to classify all living things, and he classified them by which 2 factors?

• Physical structures

• DNA

• Habitat

• Size

• Reproductive mechanisms

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Carolus Linnaeus found Aristotle's system of classification to be inconsistent and proposed a more accurate system that classified organisms by:

• Physical structures

• DNA

• Habitat

• Size

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Which scientist proposed a detailed system of classification based on physical structures?

• Aristotle

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Francesco Redi

Linnaeus' system of classification included assigning each organism a 2-part, Latin name. This system is called:

• Taxonomy

• Classification

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Artificial Selection

Linnaeus' binomial nomenclature assigns each type of organism a 2-part name that consists of a:

• Phylum and Class

• Genus and Species

• Family and Species

• Class and Order

Which of the following is the correct scientific name for that of a domesticated dog?

• Canis familiaris

• Canis familiaris

• Canis Familiaris

• canis familiaris

The scientific name for a Grey Wolf is Canis lupus. The Grey Wolf's genus classification is:

• Canis

• lupus

• Canine

• Wolf

What is the scientific name for humans?

• Homo sapiens

• Homo erectus

• Homo habilis

• Homo neanderthalensis

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The broadest level of classification is:

• Phylum

• Domain

• Class

• Order