Classification Quiz (Practice)

If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must be in the same:

• class
• kingdom
• species
• family

______________ is the most specific level of classification.

• Domain
• Kingdom
• Genus
• Species

Scientists use eight major classification levels to group and name organisms. Which level is the broadest (most general) classification level listed below?

• kingdom

• domain

• family

• class

What is taxonomy?

• the scientific study of how living things are classified based on similarities

• the name of Aristotle's classification system

• the process used by geologists to classify rocks

• the process of observing an organism's behavior

The first part of a scientific name is an organism's _______________ and the second part is its ________________.

• species, genus

• phylum, order

• class, spices

• genus, species

The 2-part naming system developed by Linneus is known as:

• dichotomous key
• taxonomy
• binomial nomenclature
• classification

Binomial Nomenclature takes which two taxons to name a species?

• Genus and Kingdom

• Phylum and Class

• Family and class

• Genus and species

Why do we classify living things?

• To organize them into similar groups.

• To make it easier to study their similarities and differences.

• To understand the relationships between different groups.

• All of the above.

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In the scientific naming system, __________________ is capitalized and __________________ is written in lower case.

• genus, species

• species, genus

The science of classifying and naming organisms is ______________.

• evolution
• taxonomy
• grouping
• scientific names