7 Science - Levels of Classification

What are the 7 levels of classification, listed in order from most specific to least specific?

• a.  Kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species 
• Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species 
• Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom
• Species, genus, order, class, family, phylum, kingdom 

What is the study of classification called?

• Taxonomy
• Geology
• Anatomy
• Geometry

What is the most specific level of classification?

• Family
• Domain
• Species
• Carolus Linnaeus

What is the word for when we put living things into different groups?

• Separation

• Dichotomy

• Classification

• Organisation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is classification?

• grouping things based on their differences

• grouping things based on random ideas

• grouping things based on their similarities

Which kingdom do humans belong to?

• Plantae
• Fungi
• Animalia
• Protista

Members of which of the following groups have the lowest number of features in common?

• Family

• Kingdom

• Species

• Phylum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which organisms are most closely related?

• Equus caballas (Horse) & Equus burchellii (Zebra)
• Cyanea artica (Jellyfish) &
  Ctenodiscus crispatus (Mud Starfish)
• Naja naja (cobra) & Glycine max (soya bean)
• Ophiocomina nigra (black brittle star) & Brassica nigra (black mustard)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Naming system developed by Linnaeus

• Classification

• Binominal Nomenclature

• Genus

• Taxonomy