Taxonomy and Comparative Anatomy Review

Mosquito  belongs to what kingdom?

• Animal Kingdom
• Plant Kingdom
• Fungi Kingdom
• Protista Kingdom

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The scientific name for an organism includes which taxa?

• class and family 
• genus and species 
• domain and kingdom 
• kingdom and phylum 

The science of classifying and naming organisms is ______________.

• evolution
• taxonomy
• grouping
• scientific names

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta
• Order Amblygygi
• Order Araneae
• Order Scorpiones

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

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Aristotle
• Charles Darwin
• Louis Pasteur

Smallest taxonomic group with many similar characteristics...

• domain
• kingdom
• species
• class

The taxon with the largest amount of organisms grouped together...

• Species
• Phylum
• Kingdom
• Domain

Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?

• organisms that share a domain
• organisms that share a family 
• organisms that share a genus 
• organisms that share a species 

Answer explanation

The level that is the MOST INCLUSIVE would include a large variety of organisms. This means they have fewer things in common and are less closely related to each other.

Example: Eukarya Domain contains ALL the organisms that have eukaryotics cells (animals, plants, fungi, protists)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

• dichotmous key
• binomial nomenclature
• 2 scientific names
• binomial key

Cells that have a true nucleus are called....

• eukaryotes
• prokaryotes
• unicellular
• multicellular