Classification of Life

Which is the correct order of The Levels of Taxonomy?

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

How many Kingdoms are there?

• 3
• 2
• 6
• 7

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Chemistry

Which 2 organisms have the fewest characteristics in common?

• 2 organisms in the same kingdom
• 2 organisms in the same genus
• 2 organisms in the same species
• 2 organisms in the same family

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In Binomial Nomenclature the Genus and Species are in italics and only the GENUS is capitalized 

• False
• True

Latin is used for the language of classification because it is a "dead" language, one that no one speaks as their daily language anymore.

• True

• False

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

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

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

Organisms are the same ___________ when they can have offspring, then those have more offspring.

• Class
• Family
• Species
• Phylum