Classification Review

What is taxonomy?

• The study of DNA and RNA
• The study of how organisms are related
• The study of classifying and describing organisms
• The study of organisms in their habitat

What scientist gave us the system of classification we still use today?

• Mendel
• Linnaeus
• Darwin
• Watson

Choose the correct order of taxa from LARGEST to SMALLEST

• Domain, Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

• Family, Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Order, Species, Genus, Domain

• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Phylum, Domain, Order, Species, Family, Genus, Kingdom

What is the scientific name for a dog?

• Dog
• familiarius
• Canis familiarius 
• Canis

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

Which organisms are closely related? 

• American badger and leopard
• coyote and gray wolf
• european otter and leopard
• coyote and american badger

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

• dichotmous key
• binomial nomenclature
• 2 scientific names
• binomial key

What is the genus name here:
Canis lupus

• Canis
• lupus

Choose the correct way to write the scientific name for humans:

• homo sapiens
• Homosapiens
• Homo sapiens
• Homo Sapiens

What can a classification system show about an organism?

• absolute age of an organism
• what an organism is made of
• its relationship to other organisms
• which organisms are the strongest