Taxonomy Quiz

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

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

______________ is the most specific level of classification.

• Domain
• Kingdom
• Genus
• Species

An organism's scientific name consists of 

• its class name and family name
• its kingdom name and phylum name
• its genus name and its species name
• its phylum name and its species name

What is taxonomy?

• the scientific study of how living things are classified based on similarities

• the name of Aristotle's classification system

• the process used by geologists to classify rocks

• the process of observing an organism's behavior

The first part of a scientific name is an organism's _______________ and the second part is its ________________.

• species, genus

• phylum, order

• class, spices

• genus, species

What trait separates sharks from ray-finned fish?

• Vertebrae
• Bony skeleton
• Four limbs
• None

Which frog is most closely related to the Southern Leopard Frog?

• Bullfrog
• Carpenter frog
• There is no closely related frog
• Green frog

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family:Canidae

Genus: Canis

species: mesomelas

• Mammalia carnivora

• Canidae mesomelas

• Canis mesomelas

• Animalia chordata

What is the scientific name of this organism?

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae

Genus: Ratufa

species: indica

• Indica ratufa

• Ratufa indica

• Chordata Amimalia

• Sciuridea rodenta

Cells that have a true nucleus are called....

• eukaryotes
• prokaryotes
• unicellular
• multicellular