Classification

_______________________ is a system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name.

• Binomial nomenclature

• Classification

• Taxonomy

• Cladistic analysis

_______________ represents smaller groups of closely related species within families.

• Domain

• Family

• Genus

• Species

In order, the eight basic levels of modern classification are:

• Domain, class, phylum, kingdom, family, genus, order, species

• Kingdom, order, class, domain, family, species, genus, phylum

• Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family genus, species

• Kingdom, domain, phylum, order, class, genus, family species.

_______________ is the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms.

• Nomenclature

• Taxonomy

• Classification

• Ecology

Who developed the two-word system used for naming an organism?

• Aristotle

• Charles Darwin

• Carl Linnaeus

• Robert Hooke

Which of the following is the appropriate way to write the scientific name for humans?

• Homo sapiens

• Homo sapiens

• Human

• Huma manus

Convergent evolution leads to ___________________________________.

• shared homologous characters

• infertile hybrid offspring

• shared analogous characters

• fertile cladistics offspring

An organism is named based on its ______________ and _________________.

• kingdom; phylum

• kingdom; species

• genus; phylum

• genus; species

Each taxon is identified based on __________________________.

• fur color

• shared traits

• similar environments

• evolutionary history

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The unique two-part name for a species is now called a ______________________________.

• common name

• scientific name

• binomial name

• polynomial