Taxonomy Review

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

• Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
• Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Domain, Kingdom, Species, Phylum, Family, Order, Class, Genus

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Thomas Jefferson
• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein 

What is the genus name here:

Canis lupus

• Canis

• lupus

The science of describing, classifying and naming living things is known as _______.

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Sortology

• Phylogeny

Binomial nomenclature is the ____________ system for naming organisms.

• Numerical
• Symbolical
• two word
• alphabetical

List the names of classification in order (Most Broad to Most Specific)

• D K P C F O G S

• K D F O C G S

• D K P C O F G S

• S G F O C P K D

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Chemistry

The proper writing of a scientific name includes ___.

• Genus Capitalized

• Species Lowercase

• Underline or Italics

• All of the above

What is the species name here:

Canis lupus

• Canis

• lupus

Use the dichotomous key above to classify the unknown organism in the picture

• Kentuckyus
• Californius
• WalaWala
• Beverlus