Chapter 17 Taxonomy/Classification Test

Cells that have a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles are called

• autotrophs

• eukaryotes

• heterotrophs

• prokaryotes

The most specific (smallest) taxon is the

• species

• kingdom

• class

• order

Taxonomy is the

• the study of life

• science of classifying and naming organisms

• evolutionary history of a species

• sequence in which different groups evolved

The least specific taxon that a group of organisms can belong to is

• species

• class

• domain

• kingdom

Which of the following is an example of a scientific name?

• mountain lion

• felis concolor

• Felis concolor

• Felis concolor

Organisms in the same genus would also have to be in the same

• kingdom

• family

• order

• all of these

Linnaeus's two-two word system for naming organism is called

• taxonomic evolution

• Genus species

• Greek polynomial

• binomial nomenclature

Rana pipiens and Rana blairi must belong to the same

• species

• genus

• genus and species

• none of these

Which of the following lists the taxa from broadest to most specific?

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

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

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

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

An advantage of our scientific naming system is that

• common names are used

• Latin names are easy to pronounce

• biologists can communicate easily about the same organism worldwide

• organisms all have the same common name in every country