Taxonomy and Classification

What scientific name is correct?

• Quercus Alba

• Quercus alba

• quercus Alba

• quercus alba

Canis lupus, the scientific name for a wolf, is in which genus?

• Canis

• lupus

• Animalia

• Mammalia

Which category of classification has the largest variety of organisms?

• genus

• phylum

• species

• kingdom

Which is the best prediction regarding the current classification system?

• The system may change as new information and organisms are discovered.

• Scientists will become bored with the current system and develop a new one.

• Over time, organisms will become extinct, so classification will become simpler.

• The system is set in stone and most likely will not change.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?

• class and order

• family and genus

• genus and species

• kingdom and phylum

Scientists currently classify organisms based on features they share. How will this most likely change in the future?

• They will be classified based on DNA analysis.

• They will be classified based on similar organs.

• They will be classified based on common descent.

• They will be classified based on protein production.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the order of the taxonomic levels from least specific to most specific?

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

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

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

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

Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.

• domain
• kingdom
• species
• class

Which scientific name is written correctly?

• Okapia Johnstoni
• Carcharodon carcharias
• balaenoptera Musculus
• panthera leo

Which organisms are closely related? 

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2