Quiz

the largest division used to classify living things

• Class

• Domain

• Genus

• Species

a category of classification below a kingdom

• Phylum

• Genus

• Class

• Order

the system of classifying living things into categories

• Species

• Orginize

• Kingdom

• Taxonomy

Taxonomy is?

• one of the three domains of life

• the science of classifying and naming living things

• organisms with spinal cords in their backs

• one of the six kingdoms of life

True or False: An organism's scientific name tells you the family in which the organism belongs.

A

• True

• False

An organism's scientific name identifies the ________ and the ________ in which the organism belongs.

• genus, species

• order, genus

• family, species

• class, order

Which of the following lists the eight levels of classification in the correct order?

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

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

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

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

The science of naming and classifying things.

• taxonomy

• dichotomous

• Kingdom

True or False. The first part of an organism’s scientific name is its genus and the second part is its species.

• True

• False

What step do we always start with when using dichotomous keys?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4