Week 23 Vocab Check (7.14A)

The system of classifying living things into categories is called _____.

• Species

• Organization

• Kingdom

• Taxonomy

The broadest division used to classify living things is ____.

• Class

• Domain

• Genus

• Species

In which part of the taxonomy classification triangle are the organisms most similar?

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Genus

• Species

Which of the following shows taxonomic groups in order from broadest to most specific?

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

What term refers to the two-part naming system used in traditional classification?

• binomial nomenclature
• systematics
• cladistic analysis
• taxonomy

Binomial Nomenclature uses the __ and ___ name to identify an organism

• Latin & English
• Class & order
• Kingdom & species
• Genus & species

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family:Canidae

Genus: Canis

species: mesomelas

• Mammalia carnivora

• Canidae mesomelas

• Canis mesomelas

• Animalia chordata

There are _ Domains of life.

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 3

There are _ Kingdoms of life.

• 3
• 4
• 6
• 9

A tool used by a taxonomist to identify an unknown organism is known as a __________.

• dichotomous key
• binomial nomenclature
• scientific name
• binomial key