Taxonomy and Classification - Review

Which of the following are the domains of life?

• Eukarya

• Bacteria

• Archaea

• Mammalia

What is a good mnemonic phrase (a memory strategy that helps you remember something) for the correct taxonomic groups order?

(a)  

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

• fungun

• plant

• animal

• bacteria

Linnaeus is referred to as the inventor of modern (a)   .

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The first word in an organism's two-word Latin name is the name of its (a)   .

The broadest category in the modern classification of living things is the (a)   .

The classification that includes one or more families is called an (a)   .

The taxon that includes one or more classes is a (a)   .

The bonimial nomenclature for lion is known as Panthera leo. Which classification category does leo represent?

• species

• genus

• family

• kingdom

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

• class - order - family - genus

• phylum - order - class - species

• class - phylum - genus - species

• kingdom - phylum - order - class