Classification of living organisms

An organism's scientific name identifies the ________ and the ________ in which the organism belongs.

• genus, species

• order, genus

• family, species

• class, order

the largest division used to classify living things

• Class

• Domain

• Genus

• Species

Which of the following lists the eight levels of classification in the correct order?

• domain, kingdom, class, phylum, family, order, genus, species

• kingdom, domain, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• kingdom, domain, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

check a way that you can classify living things

• plant and animal

• butterfly or bird

• color

a category of classification below a class

• Kingdon

• Order

• Phylum

• Class

To sort an organism into a group based on shared traits is called __________.

• Domains
• Taxonomy
• Genetics
• Classification

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A cell that lacks a nucleus is called a ...

• Eukaryote

• Prokaryote

• Neither

• Fungi

Taxonomy is?

• one of the three domains of life

• the science of classifying and naming living things

• organisms with spinal cords in their backs

• one of the six kingdoms of life

to arrange something into groups according to similarities

• Classify

• Family

• Kingdon

• Orginize

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

what do dogs and cats have in common?

• legs

• whiskers

• color

• size