Classification of Organisms Summative Review

During the 18th century, a botanist by the name of _____, created a system of classification. This eventually led to him becoming known as the “Father of Taxonomy”. 

• Aristotle

• Linnaeus

• Taxonomy

Looking at plants and animals, and their ability to move, _____ was one of the first to group and categorize living things based on their characteristics.

• Aristotle

• Linnaeus

• Taxonomy

_____ is the branch of science that formally names and classifies organisms by their structure, function, and relationships.

• Aristotle

• Linnaeus

• Taxonomy

Which level is the broadest?

• Domain

• Species

• Genus

• Kingdom

Which level is most specific?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Genus

• Species

Type T for True OR F for False.

Domain, Kingdoms, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species is the sequence that represents the classification of an organism from most broad to most specific.

Using the diagram, which level is most specific based on the choices?

• Genus

• Family

• Kingdom

• Order

Using the diagram, which level is most broad based on the choices?

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

• Order

The _____ are combined to give organisms their scientific name. This is also known as binomial nomenclature.

• genus and species

• domain and kingdom

• class and order

• family and species

Type T for True OR F for False.

When writing scientific names, capitalize the first letter of the species. The genus is written in all lower case letters.