Classification

Which of the following is NOT true about the way organisms are named?

• Genus is written first

• Scientific names are made up of a genus and a species

• Species is always capitalized

• Both names are underlined or written in italics.

Language most commonly used for naming organisms.

• Greek

• English

• Latin

• Spanish

Which group contains the largest number of organisms?

• domain

• family

• kingdom

• species

Which of the following is not one of the domains of life?

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Eukarya

• Monera

What do halophiles love?

• heat

• salt

• oxygen

• light

Which kingdom does not contain any multicellular organisms?

• Animalia

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Protista

Term referring to the two-name naming system for organisms.

• binomial nomenclature

• dichotomous keying

• dual taxonomy

• rank grouping

What genus does the amphibian salamander named Plethodon cinerius belong to?

• amphibia

• cinerius

• Plethodon

• Salamandridae

Who is this handsome young lad who developed a system for naming organisms?

• Hooke

• Leeuwenhoek

• Linnaeus

• Redi

What classification group comes after order?

• domain

• family

• genus

• phylum