Taxonomy and Classification

Which two levels of classification are used to name organisms?

• family and order

• kingdom and domain

• genus and species

• class and order

Multi-celled organisms that contain a nucleus are referred to as

• eukaryotes

• prokaryotes

Single celled organisms that do not contain a nucleus are referred to as

• eukaryotes

• prokaryotes

What are the 3 domains?

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class

• Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

• Class, Order, Species

• Genus, Species, KIngdom

Bacteria are

• unicellular

• multicellular

Which two organisms in the table above are most closely related?

• A and B

• B and C

• C and A

• not enough information is given to answer the question

Identify the bacteria using the dichotomous key above

• Bacillus anthracis

• Staphyloccocus aureus

• Bacillus lactis

• Streptococcus lactis

According to the chart, organism 3 would most likely be part of which kingdom?

• Animalia

• Eubacteria

• Fungi

• Protista

The table provides information about nutrition and cellular structure for organisms in different kingdoms.

What information best completes the table?

• autotrophic, no, unicellular

• autotrophic, yes, multicellular

• heterotrophic, no, unicellular

• heterotrophic, yes, multicellular

Select the answer that shows the correct order of Taxonomy from most inclusive to least inclusive.

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

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

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

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