Taxonomy and Classification

_____________: The branch of science concerned with classifications of organisms.

• Cladiogram

• Cladistics

• Taxonomy

The system of naming organisms scientifically, developed by Carolus Linnaeus; consists of genus and species names

• Abiogenesis

• Biogenesis

• Binomial nomenclature

The process by which scientists group living organisms

• Speciation

• Classification

• Hierarchy

Which of these in the correct order, from LARGEST to smallest?

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

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

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

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

Put the levels of taxonomic organization in order from largest to smallest:

​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   Order Family Genus ​ (e)  

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

• Species

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-LS4-2

Carl (a)   created the nomenclature system called (b)   .

• Linnaeus

• binomial nomenclature

• genus and species

• Darwin

• Reddi

• Pasture

• dinomial nomenclature

Match the following taxonomic classifications with their broadest category.

• Animalia

• Domain

• Living beings

• Species

• Eukarya

• Organisms

• Homo sapiens

• Kingdom

Answer explanation

The broadest taxonomic classification is the Domain, which encompasses all living organisms. It is higher than Kingdom and includes three main domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya.

Domain, ​ (a)   , Phylum, Class, ​ (b)   , ​ (c)   , Genus, ​ (d)  

• Kingdom

• Order

• Family

• Species

When using Binomial nomenclature we use the ​ (a)   name and the ​ (b)   name.

• Genus

• Species

• Kingdom

• Family