Classification Cladograms Kingdoms Dichotomous Keys

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

Which kingdom contains members who are prokaryotic?

• Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
• Archaebacteria and Protista
• Eubacteria and Animalia
• Eubacteria  and Fungi

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What do protists, plants, fungi, and animals ALWAYS have in common? They are all...

• Multicellular
• Eukaryotic
• Prokaryotic
• Consumers

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

• Carl Linnaeus
• Carl's Jr.
• Charles Darwin
• Henry Groseclose

Tool used by a taxonomist to identify an unknown organism is a:

• dichotomous key
• binomial nmenclature
• scientific name
• binomial key

Which of the following means sorting living things into groups based on similarities?

• Taxonomy
• Scientific Sortation
• Classification
• Taxidermy

Giving living things a two part name is called

• Taxonomy
• Binomial Nomenclature
• Classification
• Kingdom Phylum

Which of the following is the least closely related animal:
Gray Wolf: Canis lupus
Aardwolf: Proteles cristatus
Coyote: Canis latrans

• Coyote
• Aardwolf
• Gray Wolf
• Need more information on body characteristics

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What type of animal has fur and feeds its young with milk?

• birds
• reptiles
• amphibians
• mammals