Classification

What is taxonomy?

• The study of DNA and RNA
• The study of how organisms are related
• The study of classifying and describing organisms
• The study of organisms in their habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Choose the correct order of taxa from LARGEST to SMALLEST

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
• Family, Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Order, Species, Genus
• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Phylum, Order, Species, Family, Genus, Kingdom

The three Domains are:

• Plant, Animal, Bacteria
• Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
• Fungi, Animal, Plant
• Invertebrates, Vertebrates, Plants

Moss, Sunflowers, Pine trees, and algae are all in this kingdom:

• Fungi
• Anamalia
• Plantae
• Bacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Phylogeny is:

• Analysis of the evolutionary or ancestral relationships among taxa
• Classifying animals by structure
• Analyzing mutations in organisms
• Determining when animals evolved

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

Which organisms are closely related? 

• American badger and leopard
• coyote and gray wolf
• european otter and leopard
• coyote and american badger

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Use the phylogenetic tree.  Which hypothetical organism is the most recent ancestor for Organisms A and G?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What can a classification system show about an organism?

• absolute age of an organism
• what an organism is made of
• its relationship to other organisms
• which organisms are the strongest

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which domain includes all multicellular plants and animals?

• Archaea
• Eukarya
• Eubacteria
• Protista