Classification of Organisms

The naturalist who developed the two-word naming system for organisms was

• Aristotle

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Willi Hennig

• Terry Erwin

The characteristics that scientists use in cladistics are

• analogous structures.

• shared derived characters.

• convergent structures.

• shared homologous traits.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of the following lists the eight classification levels in proper descending order?

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• kingdom, domain, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species

• kingdom, phylum, family, class, domain, order, genus, species

• phylum, kingdom, domain, class, order, family, genus, species

The basic biological unit of the Linnaean system is

• species

• genus

• phylum

• kingdom

The science of naming and classifying organisms is called

• binomial nomenclature.

• polynomial nomenclature.

• taxonomy.

• cladistics

The domain Eukarya is composed of all

• prokaryotes

• archaebacteria

• animals

• eukaryotes

Which of the following do biologists NOT use to classify organisms?

• homologous structures

• derived characters

• appearance

• analogous structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An organism's scientific name consists of its

• genus and species.

• genus and family.

• species and family.

• common name and Latin name.

Honeybees, as members of the kingdom Animalia, are related to

• wasps

• birds

• spiders

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Linnaeus's classification system was based on which of the following characteristics?

• form and structure

• DNA

• behavior

• phylogenetic relationships