Let's check for understanding - Taxonomy

What are the three Domains?

• Kingdom, Phylum, and Class

• Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya

• Bacteria, Virus, and Eukarya

• Genus, Species, and Common

What is the broadest level of classification?

• Kingdom

• Genus

• Domain

• Species

True or False. Carl Linnaeus is NOT the father of modern taxonomy.

• True

• False

What factors help to classify organisms?

• Genetics

• Names

• Characteristics

• Favorite Foods

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

*blank* is the name of the two name system of classification.

An organism's scientific name consists of these two levels of classification.

• Kingdom & Species

• Genus & Species

• Class & Order

• Genus & Family

Which organism do you think have the closest lineage?

• Bear & Horse

• Human & Snake

• Red Panda & Racoon

• Frog & Toad

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which 2 organisms have the fewest characteristics in common?

• 2 organisms in the same kingdom

• 2 organisms in the same species

• 2 organisms in the same family

• 2 organisms in the same genus

Members of this kingdom are multicellular and autotrophic...

• Plantae

• Fungi

• Protista

• Animalia

Members of this kingdom live in unusual conditions such as deep ocean trenches or volcanoes...

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Protista

• Archaebacteria