Taxonomy

The scientific study of how living things are classified is called...

• homeostasis

• taxonomy

• classification

• organizing

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A group of organisms that can mate with one another and produce fertile offspring:

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Genus

• species

What are the 3 Domains?

• Bacteria, Eukaryote, Prokaryote

• Bacteria, Eukarya, Protista

• Bacteria, Eukarya, Archaea

• Archaea, Bacteria, Protista

What are the 8 major categories that taxonomists use to classify living things?

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

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

• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, species

• Genus and species

Which organisms live in extreme environments?

• cyanobacteria

• red algae

• archaea

• protists

What Kingdom is in the Bacteria Domain?

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Protista

• Eukarya

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What Kingdom is in the Archaea Domain?

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Animalia

Which of the following charactieristics can be used to classify and organism into a taxonomic Domain?

• Being unicellular or multicellular

• Mode of reproduction

• Presence of nucleus in cells

• Being heterotrophic or autotrophic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Mushrooms are an example of organisms in the ____________ Kingdom.

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Fungi

• Protista

Who was responsible for binomial nomenclature?

• Linnaeus

• Aristotle

• Whittaker

• Leeuwenhoek