Biodiversity - Science 8

Earth is inhabited by different kinds of organisms, a phenomenon called______.

• Species diversity

• Genetic diversity

• Ecosystem diversity

• Biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

All of the following are levels of biodiversity EXCEPT one.

• Genetic diversity

• Ecosystem diversity

• Species diversity

• Biological diversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What do you call the classification system in which an organism is assigned a two-word scientific name?

• Monomial system of classification

• Binomial system of classification

• Trinomial system of classification

• Bifocal system of classification

The scientific name contains information about its:

• Family and species

• Genus and species

• Family and genus

• Class and family

Species are the smallest and lowest level of classification. When do you say that two organisms belong to the same specie?

• When they live in the same place

• When they eat the same food

• When they mate and multiply

• When some of their body parts are similar

A group of closely related species.

• Family

• Genus

• Class

• Order

A group of genera that shares many characteristics is known as:

• Class

• Order

• Specie

• Family

A group of similar orders is called______.

• Order

• Class

• Phylum

• Kingdom

A _______ is a group of closely related classes.

• Order

• Class

• Phylum

• Kingdom

The largest taxonomic group consisting of closely related phylum.

• Domain

• Division

• Superkingdom

• Kingdom