Biology, Chapter 17, The Tree of Life, Post Assessment

Which of the following is the correct way to write the scientific name of the Northern cardinal?

• cardinalis cardinalis

• Cardinalis cardinalis

• cardinalis Cardinalis

• Cardinalis Cardinalis

Which of the following is a taxon of related phyla or divisions?

• class

• domain

• kingdom

• order

Which of the following is the most general taxon?

• genus

• kingdom

• phylum

• species

Which of the following lists the taxa from broadest to most specific?

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

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

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

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

Which domain includes organisms that are called extremophiles?

• Animalia

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Eukarya

Which of the following Kingdoms is not included in the Domain Eukarya?

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Protista

Linnaean taxonomy names and classifies organisms based on

• common ancestry

• physical characteristics

• mutation rates

• ribosomal RNA sequences

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of the following phrases describes a taxon?

• a group of organisms in a classification system

• a group of species that share no derived characters with others in a group

• a group that can breed and produce offspring

• a group that is larger than a kingdom or a domain

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Which of the following contains the most members?

• genus

• order

• family

• class

In the Linnaean system of classification, which of the following is most commonly defined as a group of organisms that can breed and produce offspring?

• phylum

• species

• genus

• order

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2