Classification & Taxonomy

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

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

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

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

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

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

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Darwin

• Anton Leuwenhooke

• Robert Hooke

An organism's scientific name is made of (in order)...

• species, class

• genus, family

• species, order

• genus, species

Which 2 organisms have the fewest characteristics in common?

• 2 organisms in the same kingdom.

• 2 organisms in the same species.

• 2 organisms in the same genus.

• 2 organisms in the same family.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Organisms are the same _____ when they can have offspring, then those have more offspring.

• class

• family

• phylum

• species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Fill in the blank. Domain--Kingdom--Phylum--__________

What kingdom does a dandelion belong to?

• Plantae

• Fungi

• Protista

• Archea

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.

• Domain

• Class

• Family

• Species

The scientific study of how living things are classified is called

• Geology

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Chemistry

An organism made up of more than one cell would be called

• multicellular

• unicellular

• heterotroph

• autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3