Unit 6

The branch of biology that identifies, describes, classifies and names the organism is called ________.

• Zoology

• Botany

• Taxonomy

• Ecology

The seven levels of classification, from most broad to most specific are:

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

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

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

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

Choose the three domains.

• 
  Archaea

• Bacteria

• 
  Rhizaria

• 
  Eucarya

• 
  Plants

When classifying organisms, they are given a ____-part name.

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 3

True or false: An organism's scientific name consists of its Genus and species.

• True

• False

The rules for naming an organism are:

• 
  Capitalize Genus, lowercase species, make the entire word in bold print

• write it how ever you want

• Capitalize both Genus and species, underline or italicize the entire word

• Capitalize Genus, lowercase species, underline or italicize entire word

Which animal is closely related to the black bear?

• Fox

• White bear

• Panda

• Zebra

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

True or false: When writing an organism's scientific name, the species is capitalized.

• True

• False

The word autotroph means?

• 
  DNA is not in a nucleus

• having to obtain food from another organism

• being able to produce its own food

• DNA is in a nucleus

How does binomial nomenclature work?

• It combines the kingdom and phylum to make a scientific name

• It combines the genus and species to make a new creature

• It combines the order and class to make a new creature

• It combines the genus and species to make a scientific name