Classification

What is taxonomy?

• The study of DNA and RNA

• The study of how organisms are related

• The study of classifying and naming organisms

• The study of organisms in their habitat

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

Moss, Sunflowers, Pine trees, and algae are all in this kingdom:

• Fungi
• Anamalia
• Plantae
• Bacteria

Phylogeny is:

• Study of evolutionary lineages of organisms

• Classifying animals by structure

• Analyzing mutations in organisms

• Determining when animals evolved

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

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

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

Mold would belong to which kingdom?

• Animal
• Archaea
• Plant
• Fungi

All the animals to the right of the salamander would have the common characteristic of...

• Fur

• Claws or nails

• Lungs

• Jaws