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

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

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

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

The eight levels of classification, from general to specific, are

• domain, kingdom, class, order, phylum, family, genus, species
• somain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, order, genus, species
• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
• domain, kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genus, species

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

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

• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Genus