Taxonomy

Which of the lists below has all of the levels of classification in the correct order?

• Kingdom class phylum genus order species family
• Class Phylum Kingdom Species Family Order Genus
• Kingdom Family Class Order Phylum Genus Species
• Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

Scientific names are written using which two levels of classification?

• Kingdom phylum
• Kingdom class
• Species genus
• Genus species

Which of the following is the least closely related animal:
Gray Wolf: Canis lupus
Aardwolf: Proteles cristatus
Coyote: Canis latrans

• Coyote
• Aardwolf
• Gray Wolf
• Need more information on body characteristics

Organisms that are unicellular, plant-like or animal-like or fungus-like, live in damp or wet places like ponds, rivers, or streams.

• Kingdom Fungi
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia
• Kingdom Protista

Organisms that are multicellular, photosynthetic autotrophs, reproduce sexually or asexually belong to this Kingdom:

• Animalia
• Fungi
• Monera
• Plantae

Organisms that are eukaryotic, unicellular OR multicellular, decomposers or parasites belong to this Kingdom:

• Protista
• Fungi
• Plantae
• Archaebacteria

Which are the two highest level taxa in the Linnaean system?

• kingdom and order
• domain and phylum
• phylum and kingdom
• genus and kingdom

Marine sponges are multicellular organisms that can live on coral reefs. Their cells do not have cell walls. They eat by filtering organic particles and plankton out of water. Sponges belong to which kingdom?

• Animalia
• Fungi
• Plantae
• Archeabacteria

What is taxonomy?

• A two-word naming system for describing organisms
• A classification system based on shared characteristics
• A method of observing living organisms in their natural environment
• A process for using radioactive elements to date fossils

The table shows characteristics of several organisms. Based on the information given in the table, which two organisms would you think have the most recent common ancestor?

• Turtle and jawed fish
• Lamprey and jawed fish
• Turtle and frog
• Lamprey and frog