Classification of Living Things

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, 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

Fill-in-the-blank:
Domain--Kingdom--Phylum--____________

• Order
• Family
• Class
• Species

Who created the most commonly used system of taxonomy?

• Niels Bohr

• Watson and Crick

• Charles Darwin

• Carl Linnaeus

Which 2 organisms would be able to reproduce and produce fertile offspring?

• 2 organisms in the same class

• 2 organisms in the same family

• 2 organisms in the same genus

• 2 organisms in the same species

The method of grouping things according to similarities and differences is known as __________________

• Taxonomy

• Classification

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

• Geology
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Chemistry

An example of an unicellular organism would be:

• monkey
• bacteria
• spider
• human

Too small to be seen with the eye alone.

• microscopic

• bacteria

• protist

A living thing.

• rock

• organism

• air