Taxonomy Classification Kingdoms

a specific group of plants or animals that have some things in common

• Order

• Species

• Family

• Order

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Organisms are classified based on ________.

• the number of them that exists in a species

• their Greek names

• similarities and evolutionary relationships

• the year their fossils are discovered

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

An organism's scientific name identifies the ________ and the ________ in which the organism belongs.

• genus, species

• order, genus

• family, species

• class, order

Animalia is one of ___ kingdoms of life.

• eight

• 30

• one million

• six

a category of classification below an order

• Domain

• Family

• Order

• Class

What is the science of grouping and naming organisms?

• binomial nomenclature

• taxonomy

• dichotomous key

What are the eight major classification groups from most broad to most specific?

• class, kingdom, order, family, species, genus, domain

• domain, kingdom, class, phylum, family, order, genus, species

• kingdom, phylum, class, order, domain, family, species, genus

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

What is the subdivision of a kingdom called?

• phylum

• class

• order

• family

What is the two-name system of classification called?

• species

• phylum

• taxonomy

• binomial nomenclature

What is the tool used to help identify an organism's scientific name called?

• taxonomy

• kingdom

• dichotomous key

• classification