Taxonomy and Classification TEST

Who is credited with starting a formal classification system?

• Carl Linnaeus

• Carl Lindenberg

• Carl Darwin

• Karl Marx

The scientific name for an organism is made from the

• Class and Family

• Genus and Species

• Domain and Kingdom

• Kingdom and phylum

What are the three domains of life?

• Protists, Fungi, Plants

• Mammals, Birds, Reptiles

• Animals, Plants, Fungi

• Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya

When classifying organisms, which characteristics are giving the most importance?

• Size and weight

• External appearance

• Geographic distribution

• Evolutionary relationships and genetic similarities

What is the two-word naming system for classifying organisms?

• Dichotomous key

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Domain species

• Classification levels

The scientific name for an organism is made from the

• Kingdom and phylum

• Class and Family

• Genus and species

• Domain and kingdom

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Which kingdom do humans belong to?

• Animalia

• Fungi

• Protista

• Plantae

A tool used by a taxonomist to identify an unknown organism is known as a

• binomial nomenclature

• dichotomous key

• scientific name

• binomial key

What is the kingdom level for the bushbaby?

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Protista

Two organisms mate and produce an infertile offspring. What is the BEST explanation for their inability to reproduce?

• The parents have infertile genes.

• The parents are of a different genus and a different specie.

• They are from the same genus and the same species.

• The parents are of different species but the same genus.

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