Classification, Dichotomous Key, & Phylogenetic Trees

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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What scientist gave us the system of classification we still use today?

• Mendel
• Linnaeus
• Darwin
• Watson

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

The main language of scientific names is:

• Greek
• English
• Latin
• Arabic

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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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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Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

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

How do scientists organize living things?

• by looks
• by shared characteristics
• by size
• by differences

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