Taxonomic Classification

What trait separates sharks from ray-finned fish?

• Vertebrae

• Bony skeleton

• Four limbs

• None

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the scientific name of this organism?

• Indica ratufa

• Ratufa indica

• Chordata Amimalia

• Sciuridea rodenta

Which of the lists below has all of the levels of classification in the correct order?

• Kingdom class phylum genus order species family

• Class Phylum Kingdom Species Family Order Genus

• Kingdom Family Class Order Phylum Genus Species

• Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

Scientific names are written using which two levels of classification?

• Kingdom phylum

• Kingdom class

• Species genus

• Genus species

What is taxonomy?

• A two-word naming system for describing organisms

• A classification system based on shared characteristics

• A method of observing living organisms in their natural environment

• A process for using radioactive elements to date fossils

Which of the following levels of classification would have organisms that had the most in common?

• Phylum

• Family

• Order 

• Kingdom

Organisms that are unicellular, plant-like or animal-like or fungus-like, live in damp or wet places like ponds, rivers, or streams.

• Kingdom Fungi

• Kingdom Plantae

• Kingdom Animalia

• Kingdom Protista

Organisms that are multicellular, photosynthetic autotrophs, reproduce sexually or asexually belong to this Kingdom:

• Animalia

• Fungi

• Monera

• Plantae

Organisms that are eukaryotic, unicellular OR multicellular, decomposers or parasites belong to this Kingdom:

• Protista

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Archaebacteria

A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves is known as a:

• Genus

• Phylum

• Species

• Animal Family