Classification

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

• Mendel
• Linnaeus
• Darwin
• Watson

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

Choose the correct order of taxa from LARGEST to SMALLEST

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

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

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

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

The three Domains are:

• Plant, Animal, Bacteria
• Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
• Fungi, Animal, Plant
• Invertebrates, Vertebrates, Plants

Having a wide variety and lots of different species (like that in a rain forest) is called:

• Biodiversity
• Species Richness
• Phylogeny
• Systematics

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Which would be the correct scientific name for a dog?

• Dog

• Mutt

• Canis familiarius

• Domestic Dog

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

• Fungi
• Anamalia
• Plantae
• Bacteria

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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

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

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