Taxonomy Practice

The scientific name for an organism includes which taxa?

• class and family 
• genus and species 
• domain and kingdom 
• kingdom and phylum 

The science of classifying and naming organisms is ______________.

• evolution
• taxonomy
• grouping
• scientific names

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

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Aristotle
• Charles Darwin
• Louis Pasteur

The 8 levels of classification, from most broad to most specific are ...

• 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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The taxon with the largest amount of organisms grouped together...

• Species
• Phylum
• Kingdom
• Domain

Which of the following is not true when comparing scientific and common names?

• Scientific names vary from place to place.
• Common names can vary from place to place.
• Scientific names are written in Latin.
• Common names can inaccurately describe the organism and be confusing.

Smallest taxonomic group with many similar characteristics...

• domain
• kingdom
• species
• class

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the most primitive organism shown on the cladogram?

• chimp
• perch
• hagfish
• salamander

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Which organisms pictured on the cladogram have hair?

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

Which group(s) of organisms do not have vertebrae?

• lampreys and lancelets
• lampreys and tuna
• lancelets only
• salamanders, tuna, and lampreys

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2