Biology Taxonomy Lesson

Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?

• organisms that share a kingdom

• organisms that share a family

• organisms that share a genus

• organisms that share a species

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name

• genus and species name

• domain and kingdom name

• kingdom and phylum name

The 7 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

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

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

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

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

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

• dichotmous key

• binomial nomenclature

• 2 scientific names

• binomial key

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

• Carl Linnaeus

• Carl's Jr.

• Charles Darwin

• Henry Groseclose

An organisms scientific name is made of (in order) ...

• species, class

• genus, kingdom

• genus, species

• species

Which 2 organisms have the fewest characteristics in common?

• 2 organisms in the same kingdom

• 2 organisms in the same genus

• 2 organisms in the same species

• 2 organisms in the same family

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Besides the species name, what other category is used for the scientific name?

• Phylum

• Class

• Order

• Genus

Organisms are the same ___________ when they can have offspring, then those have more offspring.

• Class

• Family

• Species

• Phylum

Fill-in-the-blank:

Domain--Kingdom--Phylum--____________

• Order

• Family

• Class

• Species