Classification

An advantage of our scientific naming system is that

• common names mean the same in all countries.

• Latin names are easy to pronounce.

• organisms all have the same scientific name.

• biologists can communicate regardless of their native language.

The domain Eukarya is composed of all

• prokaryotes

• animals

• archaebacteria

• eukaryotes

Mushrooms belong to the kingdom

• protista

• fungi

• plants

• bacteria

Linnaeus' s two word system for naming organisms is called

• Greek polynomials

• binomial nomenclature

• genus species

• taxonomic evolution

The largest division that a group of organisms can belong to is a

• domain

• kingdom

• genus

• class

Which two things are included in the study of taxonomy?

• naming and pylogeny

• naming and classifying

• classifying and analyzing

• solving and classifying

Which of the following Kingdoms is not part of the Domain Eukarya?

• Plantae

• Fungi

• Bacteria

• Protista

During Aristotle's time, scientists divided all living organisms into

• five phyla

• two kingdoms

• three domains

• four families

How many domains are organisms divided into?

• 7

• 3

• 2

• 8

Poison ivy is also known as Rhus toxicodendron. Its species identifier is

• poison

• ivy

• toxicodendron

• Rhus