Taxonomy and Classification Review

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

Several different classes make up a

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Family
• Genus

Which are the two highest level taxa in the Linnaean system?

• kingdom and order
• domain and phylum
• phylum and kingdom
• genus and kingdom

As you move down the classification pyramid, the variety of organisms:

• Increases
• Stays the same
• Decreases
• Doubles

The table shows characteristics of several organisms. Based on the information given in the table, which two organisms would you think have the most recent common ancestor?

• Turtle and jawed fish
• Lamprey and jawed fish
• Turtle and frog
• Lamprey and frog

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Fungi are different from plants primarily because they

• are nonmotile.
• contain chlorophyll.
• are heterotrophic.
• have cell walls.

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A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves is known as a:

• Genus
• Phylum
• Species
• Animal Family

Organisms that are multicellular, photosynthetic autotrophs, reproduce sexually or asexually belong to this Kingdom:

• Animalia
• Fungi
• Monera
• Plantae

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Marine sponges are multicellular organisms that can live on coral reefs. Their cells do not have cell walls. They eat by filtering organic particles and plankton out of water. Sponges belong to which kingdom?

• Animalia
• Fungi
• Plantae
• Archeabacteria

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