Organization of Living Things (CK)

The domains of life include _____.

• all of these
• Archaea
• Bacteria
• Eukarya

All living things are grouped into six kingdoms. Human beings belong to which kingdom?

• animal
• bacteria
• fungus
• plant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Who is considered the inventor of modern taxonomy?

• Carl Linnaeus
• the Greek philosopher Aristotle
• Charles Linnaeus
• Charles Darwin

Who is the inventor of the modern classification system?

• Carl Linnaeus
• Aristotle
• Robert Hooke
• Charles Darwin

Which best defines a mammal?

• Chordates with fur or hair and milk glands.
• Animals with a backbone.
• Mammals with collar bones and grasping fingers.
• Primates with relatively flat faces and three-dimensional vision.

The taxon that consists of one or more orders is the _____.

• class
• phylum
• genus
• species

The _____ in which the human species is placed is the mammals or mammalia.

• class
• order
• phylum
• family

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of the following is in the correct order from least specific to most specific?

• class – order – family - genus
• kingdom – phylum – order - class
• phylum – order – class - species
• class – phylum – genus - species

A(n) _____ is the broadest category in the modern classification of things.

• Domain
• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class

What is the classification level above kingdom in modern taxonomic systems?

• domain
• phylum
• family
• order