Taxonomy and classification

How many life domains are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4, but there are a lot more to be discovered

An organism’s scientific name consists of its...

• Domain and kingdom

• Family and order

• Phylum and class

• Genus and species

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

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

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

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

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

Which domain contains organisms that are unicellular, prokaryotic, and can cause illness yet also make food such as yogurt.

• Eukarya

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Protista

Which kingdom has all multi-cellular organisms that move to get to their food?

• Protist

• Plant

• Fungi

• Animal

The domain containing Kingdom Fungi, Protista, Animalia and Plantae

• Bacteria

• Eukarya

• Archaea

• Eubacteria

In the levels of classification, what comes after phylum?

• class

• genus

• family

• order

What is the name for the classification system that uses two names?

• taxonomy levels

• binomial theorem

• classification studies

• binomial nomenclature

The correct way to write the scientific name for a red maple tree is....

• ACER RUBRUM

• acer rubrum

• Red maple

• Acer rubrum

A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?

• Whip Scorpion

• Daddy long legs

• Wind Scorpion

• Scorpion