Taxonomy & Classification

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

• Geology
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Chemistry

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

Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus or membrane bound organelles.

• True
• False

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

• multicellular
• unicellular
• heterotroph
• autotroph

Which organism in the table is least closely related to the chimpanzee?

• human
• grey wolf
• tiger snake
• monarch butterfly

Which organism in the table shown is most closely related to the common dolphin?

• human
• killer whale
• giant kelp
• bat star

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

An example of an unicellular organism would be:

• monkey
• bacteria
• spider
• human

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

Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.

• domain
• kingdom
• species
• class