Binomial nomenclature consists of

___________ _____________

• Genus and species

• Species and genus

• Family and genus

• Kingdom and species

In printed scientific names, only the ______is capitalized.

• class

• species

• genus

• family

What is the correct scientific name of the crop as displayed on the above Figure?

• Hevea brasiliensis

• Vigna angularis

• Oryza sativa

• Elaeis guineensis

The Father of Taxonomy is _________________

• Gregor Mendel

• Robert Whittaker

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Darwin

Someone gives you two black beetles: Eleodes carbonaria and Eleodes armata. They are both in the same _________________

• species

• family

• order

• genus

In the classification of organisms, which is the correct order of ranks?

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

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

• Family, phylum, class, order, kingdom. genus, species

• Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom

What is the study of classification called?

• Kingdom

• Taxonomy

• Systematic

• Binomial nomenclature

What is the most specific level of classification?

• Family

• Genus

• Species

• Kingdom

What is the broadest level of classification (aside from domain)?

• Domain

• Family

• Kingdom

• Species

Why is classification important to scientists?

• It makes them look smarter

• It makes it easier to study organisms

• Just for fun

• To fulfill their responsibility as scientists