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

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

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

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

• Carl Linnaeus
• Carl's Jr.
• Charles Darwin
• Henry Groseclose

The scientific name of Humans is? 

• Homo Sapiens
• Homo Habilus 
• Canis Latrans

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Dandelion, What kingdom does it belongs to?

• Plant Kingdom
• Animal Kingdom
• Fungi Kingdom
• Protista Kingdom

What is the genus name here:
Canis lupus

• Canis
• lupus

If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must also be in the same

• class

• species

• family

• kingdom

Why do we use scientific names?

• Because we like to sound smart.
• Because they are recognized world wide.
• Because organisms only have one common name and it makes it easier.
• What? What are scientific names?