Classification

Who organized living things by creating binomial nomenclature?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Robert Hooke
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• James Watson

Who is the closest relative to the sharks?

• crocodiles
• sharks
• ray-finned fish
• amphibians

Who is the closest relative to the birds?

• crocodiles
• sharks
• fish
• amphibians

If two species share the same class, they also share the same______.

• phylum
• order
• genus
• species

What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things.

• taxonomy
• taxadermy
• taxicab
• toxicology

How do scientists organize living things?

• by looks
• by shared characteristics
• by size
• by differences

The scientific name for water bear is Hypsibius dujardini.  What is its species?

• Hypsibius 
• dujardini
• water 
• tardigrade

The scientific name for water bear is Hypsibius dujardini.  What is its genus?

• Hypsibius 
• dujardini
• water 
• tardigrade

Identify the correct order of the taxonomy from largest grouping to most specific grouping.

• Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom
• Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
• Kingdom, species, genus, family, class, order, phylum
• Phylum, family, genus, species, order, kingdom, class  

The more classification levels organisms share, the more ------.

• characteristics they have in common.
• specific groups are based.
• characteristics they don’t have in common.
• different they are.