Classification of Life

Tigers, Jellyfish, Gorillas and Sponges are all part of kingdom _______.

• Animalia
• Plantae
• Fungi
• Bacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

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

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

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Thomas Jefferson
• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein 

What is the genus name here:
Canis lupus

• Canis
• lupus

What is a species?

• A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. 
• A group of organisms that genetically are very different from each other. 
• A group of organisms that can mate, but do not produce offspring.
• Indivual organisms that live in the same environment. 

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

To put organisms into groups based upon a criteria

• classify
• group
• vertebrates
• invertebrates

A living thing

• classify
• organism
• vertebrates
• invertebrates

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

An organism that has cells that lack a nucleus are called:

• Eukaryote
• Heterotroph
• Prokaryote
• Autotroph

The 2-part naming system developed by Linneus is known as:

• dichotomous key
• taxonomy
• binomial nomenclature
• classification