Taxonomy Quiz

The naturalist that stablished the modern taxonomy bases was...

• Charles Darwin

• Carl Linnaeus

• Aristotle

• No one

The taxonomy is the science that ...

• Name the plants

• Name plants and animals

• Classify all the living things

• Classify the objects in earth

Which of the next names are correctly writing? ​

• Umbonia spinosa

• Homo Sapiens

• CANIS familiaris

• Chordate Felidae

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

Using this dichotomous key, identify the name of the circled Fish, J.

• peacock flounder
• band-tail puffer
• trumpet fish
• spotted goat fish

If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must be in the same:

• class
• kingdom
• species
• family

______________ 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

Scientists use eight major classification levels to group and name organisms. Which level is the broadest (most general) classification level listed below?

• kingdom

• domain

• family

• class

What trait separates sharks from ray-finned fish?

• Vertebrae
• Bony skeleton
• Four limbs
• None