Classification of Organisms

The second word in the scientific name is the

• Genus

• Family

• Species

• Domain

The broadest category in the classification system is the

• Family

• Class

• Order

• Domain

The phylum chordata are animals with _______

• feathers

• spine (backbone)

• beaks

• claws

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The three domains are:

• bacteria

• archaea

• eukarya

• all of the above

• none of the above

The six kingdoms are eubacteria, archaea, protista, fungi, animals, and plants

• True

• False

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The domain eukarya consists of organisms whose cells have a nucleus?

• True

• False

The taxonomic levels represented in this picture are the three —

• classes, the lowest levels of organization, and their associated phyla.

• kingdoms, the broadest levels of organization, and their associated phyla.

• domains, the broadest levels of organization, and their associated kingdoms.

• orders, the lowest levels of organization, and their associated domains.

Escherichia coli, or E. coli, is a single-celled, prokaryotic organism. These characteristics require E. coli to be classified in the kingdom —

• Protista.

• Bacteria.

• Plantae

• Fungi

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The eight levels of classification, from general to specific, are

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

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

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

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

Who created the most commonly used system of taxonomy?

• Niels Bohr

• Watson and Crick

• Charles Darwin

• Carl Linnaeus