Taxonomy Review

The science of classifying and naming organisms is ______________.

• evolution
• taxonomy
• grouping
• scientific names

The scientific name for an organism includes which taxa?

• class family

• genus species

• domain kingdom

• kingdom phylum

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

Which of the organisms in the chart are most closely related to the Chimpanzee?

• human

• grey wolf

• tiger snake

• monarch butterfly

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

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

• dichotmous key
• binomial nomenclature
• 2 scientific names
• binomial key

Which organism in the table is least closely related to the chimpanzee?

• human
• grey wolf
• tiger snake
• monarch butterfly

Scientists around the world use a standardized taxonomic system. Why would scientists want to use a taxonomic system that is standardized?

• In order to avoid confusion with the identification of organisms

• Because Linnaeus established the system

• So that Latin names can be applied for a practical purpose

• In order to place organisms in different groups

What is the genus name here:
Canis lupus

• Canis
• lupus

Choose the correct way to write the scientific name for humans:

• homo sapiens

• Homosapiens

• Homo sapiens

• Homo Sapiens