Taxonomy Practice Questions

Reorder the following taxonomic Categories from least related to most related

• Family

• Genus

• Order

• Species

• Class

Which two taxonomic groups give you the scientific name of an organism? (a)  

• Class & Family
• Domain & Kingdom
• The common Name
• Genus & Species

Domain, ​ (a)   , Phylum, Class, ​ (b)   , ​ (c)   , Genus, ​ (d)  

• Kingdom
• Order
• Family
• Species

Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain plants with the greatest amount of variety and differences?

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Order

• Family

Which of the two organisms are the most related?

• Tiger and Polar Bear

• Polar Bear and Mountain Lion

• Mountain Lion and Tiger

• Zebra and Tiger

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

If two organisms belong to the same order, then they must also belong to the same...

• Species

• Class

• Family

• Genus

The more classification levels that two organisms share,

• the closer together on earth they live.

• the easier it is to tell them apart.

• the more related they become because of many shared characteristics.

• the more distance is between them due to lack of shared characteristics.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The study of naming and classifying organisms

(a)  

• Taxonomy
• Classification
• Dichotomous Key
• Cladogram

The system of giving a species a unique name that has two parts (usually in Latin or Greek)

(a)  

• Binomial nomenclature
• Classification
• Taxonomy
• Dichotomous Key

Which binomial nomenclature is written correctly?

• Marmota Monax

• Marmota monax

• marmota monax

• marmota Monax

• none of the answers are correct