KC: Classification & binomial nomenclature

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

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

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

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

• Carl Linnaeus
• Carl's Jr.
• Charles Darwin
• Henry Groseclose

Giving living things a two part name is called

• Taxonomy
• Binomial Nomenclature
• Classification
• Kingdom Phylum

Which of the following is the least closely related animal:
Gray Wolf: Canis lupus
Aardwolf: Proteles cristatus
Coyote: Canis latrans

• Coyote
• Aardwolf
• Gray Wolf
• Need more information on body characteristics

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Using our car analogy, where the make and model of a car is like its scientific name, the genus and species of this car would be:

• Genus: Ford, species: fusion

• Genus: Fusion, species: ford

Latin is used for scientific names primarily because:

• Using Latin makes scientists sound smart.

• Latin used to be the language of scholars.

• Having too many common names gets confusing.

• Both option 1 AND option 3.

The largest grouping of organisms is ____________________ and the smallest is _________________________________.

• Domain, species

• Domain, kingdom

• Species, domain

• Kingdom, species

Why do we classify living things?

• To organize them into similar groups.

• To make it easier to study their similarities and differences.

• To understand the relationships between different groups.

• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In the scientific naming system, __________________ is capitalized and __________________ is written in lower case.

• genus, species

• species, genus