Taxonomy

Which of the following organisms are MOST 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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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.

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

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

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

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

Which 2 organisms have the MOST characteristics in common?

• 2 organisms in the same kingdom

• 2 organisms in the same genus

• 2 organisms in the same class

• 2 organisms in the same family

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Which organisms are closely related? 

• American badger and leopard
• coyote and gray wolf
• european otter and leopard
• coyote and american badger

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Which organism in the table shown is most closely related to the common dolphin?

• human
• killer whale
• giant kelp
• bat star

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What is the scientific name of housefly?

• Musca domestica
• Insect domestica
• Animalia domestica
• Diptera domestica

Which of the following sets of insects would be the most closely related?

• insects in the same class

• insects in the same family

• insects in teh same order

• insects in the same species

Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain the most related set of animals?

• domain

• species

• family

• order

Taxonomy is best defined as the science of -

• describing the regulation of genes

• studying microscopic lifeforms

• deloping new species via genetic engineering

• classifying organisms based on characteristics

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