Taxonomy

True or False: Biologists use a system of classification to organize information about the diversity of living things.

• True

• False

This is the grouping of objects or organisms based on a set of criteria:

• Genus

• Family

• Domain

• Classification

This is a discipline of biology primarily concerned with identifying, naming, and classifying species based on natural relationships:

• Classification

• Taxonomy

• Taxon

• Family

This gives each species a scientific name that has two parts:

• Trinomial Nomenclature

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Domain

• Dual Nomenclature

Scientific Name Rules

True or False: The first letter of the genus name can be either capitalized or lower case.

• True

• False

Scientific Name Rules

True or False: If a scientific name is written in a printed book or magazine, it should be italicized.

• True

• False

This is a named group of organisms:

• Genus

• Taxon

• Family

• Species

This is a group of species that are closely related and share a common ancestor:

• Genus

• Taxon

• Family

• Kingdom

This is the taxonomic group of similar, related genera that is smaller than a genus and larger than an order:

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Family

This group contains related families:

• Class

• Order

• Phylum

• Species