Taxonomy

The science of classifying and naming organisms is ______________.

• evolution
• taxonomy
• grouping
• scientific names

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Henry Whittaker

• Charles Darwin

• Aristotle

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name.

• genus and species name.

• domain and kingdom name.

• kingdom and phylum name.

Acer palmatum and Acer rubrum are both names of different kinds of maple trees. What is the genus name for all maple trees? **careful!

• acer

• Rubrum

• Acer

• Palmatum

All living things are first grouped based on what type of ______ they have.

• Cell

• DNA sequence

• Scientific Name

• Domain

Identify the 8 levels of classification, from most broad to most specific.

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

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

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which taxonomic group is the smallest with the most similar characteristics?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Species

• Class

Which taxonomic group has the largest amount of organisms grouped together?

• Species

• Phylum

• Kingdom

• Domain

Prokaryotic cells have 2 Domains:

___________ and ___________

• Protista and Archaea

• Bacteria and Eukarya

• Eukarya and Protista

• Bacteria and Archaea

Which group(s) of organisms do not have vertebrae?

• lampreys and lancelets
• lampreys and tuna
• lancelets only
• salamanders, tuna, and lampreys