Study Guide: Classification & Taxonomy

Which one of these isn't one of the 5 kingdom names?

• Animals

• Protists

• Fungi

• Viruses

Autotrophs- make their own  food.
Heterotrophs- obtain food from other animals.
Observing the table above, Fungi and Animals are________?

• Autotrophs
• Heterotrophs

Who created the most commonly used system of taxonomy?

• Niels Bohr

• Watson and Crick

• Charles Darwin

• Carl Linnaeus

Which is the correct order?

• Kingdom Phylum Order Class

• Class Order Family Genus

• Domain Phylum Kingdom Species

• Order Family Species Genus

Which is NOT a eukaryote?

• Plants

• Animals

• Archaea

• Protists

Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.

• domain
• kingdom
• species
• class

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Chemistry

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name
• genus and species name
• domain and kingdom name
• kingdom and phylum name

The 8 levels of classification, broadest 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

An organism made up of more than one cell would be called:

• multicellular
• unicellular
• heterotroph
• autotroph