Taxonomy and Classification Vocabulary

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

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Chemistry

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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

Which of the following pairs of organisms from the table shown to the left would be the most closely related?

• Desert iguana and Box turtle

• Chuckwalla and Bush anole

• Box turtle and Bush anole

• Desert iguana and Chuchwalla

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Identify the kingdom based on the organisms characteristics.

• Eubacteria

• Fungi

• Archaea

• Animalia

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What kingdom do unicellular, prokaryotic organisms that live in extreme environments?

• Animal

• Archaebacteria

• Eubacteria

• Plant

I am prokaryotic and am found everywhere. What kingdom do I belong to?

• Eubacteria

• Archaebacteria

• Fungi

• Protista

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Click on the ONE group that is unique/special to each different type of organism.

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From the table, which two animals are MOST CLOSELY related

• House Cate and Red Fox

• Red Fox and Dog

• Dog and Wolf

• Wolf and Gopher

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