Taxonomy

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Chemistry

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, broadest 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

An organism made up of more than one cell would be called:

• multicellular
• unicellular
• heterotroph
• autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta
• Order Amblygygi
• Order Araneae
• Order Scorpiones

Members of this kingdom are multicellular eukaryotes, heterotrophic, and lack cell walls.

• Plantae

• Protista

• Animalia

• Achaea

I am prokaryotic, and have no peptidoglycan in my cell walls.

• Animalia

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Plantae

I have a nuclear membrane, can do photosynthesis and am multicellular. What kingdom do I belong to?

• Animalia

• Archaea

• Plantae

• Fungi

I am prokaryotic and have cell walls made of peptidoglycan.

• Bacteria

• Archaea

• Fungi

• Protista

This organism is multicellular, heterotroph, that has a cell wall made of chitin. What kingdom does it belong in?

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Bacteria