Unit 4: Classification Review

Which answer choice is the largest category of classification?

• Domain

• Phylum
• Genus
• Species

What characteristics show how animals are related?

• Different characteristics like color, size, and habitat.
• Unrelated characteristics like diet, behavior, and lifespan.
• Random characteristics like shoe size, favorite food, and birth month.
• Shared characteristics like anatomical structures, genetic similarities, and evolutionary history.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

What is the correct order for scientific names?

• Genus species
• Species genus

What are the 3 domains of taxonomy classification?

• Animalia, Plantae, Protista
• Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
• Prokaryota, Eukaryota, Fungi
• Vertebrata, Invertebrata, Plantae

What is the smallest level of classification?

• Family
• Order

• Species

• Kingdom

A __________ uses a series of paired statements to identify organisms.

• dichotomous key
• progressive key
• binary key
• sequential key

True or False: Scientists compare skeletal structures to classify organisms.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

True or False: Classification systems change over time.

• True

• False

Who is thought to be the "father of taxonomy"?

• Galileo Galilei

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Albert Einstein
• Isaac Newton

What are the 8 levels of Classification in order?

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

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

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

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