Classifying Life

Organizing living or non-living things according to their similarities is the process of ___________.

• erosion

• classification

• genus

• characteristics

__________ is the scientific study of how organisms are classified and named.

• Nomenclature

• Classification

• Dichotomous Key

• Taxonomy

Only the ______ word in an organism's complete scientific name has its first letter capitalized.

• second

• first

The levels of classification in order are: domain,___, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.

• kingdom

• insects

• mammals

• colonies

The broadest, LEAST specific level is ______.

• Class

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Species

Do identify an organism, you could use a field guide or ______.

• google

• hand lens

• a taxonomic key

• dissection

In Linnaeus' classification system, the smallest group was the _________

• genus

• species

• class

• order

As you move down the levels of classification from domain to species, the number of organisms in each group ______.

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

Organisms in same family are _____ closely related than organisms in the same order.

• less

• more

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Linnaeus classified organisms according to _______ in observable features.

• differences

• colors

• similarities

• heights