Taxonomy Domain Kingdom

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

Animalia is one of ___ kingdoms of life.

• eight

• 30

• one million

• six

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a group of related plant species or animal species

• Family

• Cousins

• Genus

• Species

What is hierarchy of classification from broad to most specific?

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

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

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

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

(Taxonomy) The classification system we use today was created by....

• Watson & Crick

• Darwin

• Mendel

• Linnaeus

(Taxonomy) Classifying organisms based on their characteristics is called...

• taxonomy

• sorting

• organizing

• grouping

Which level of classification is the most broad?

• Species

• Class

• Domain

• Kingdom

(Taxonomy) What languages are scientific names written in?

• Latin or Spanish

• Spanish or German

• German or Greek

• Greek or Latin

How many scientific names does an organism have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• many

How many common names does an organism have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• many