Milestone Review Life Science Classification

Organizing rocks according to their similarities is an example of the process of

• Taxonomy

• Classification

• Organization

• Binominal Nomenclature

The scientific study of how organisms are classified and named

• Taxonomy

• Biology

• Classification

• History

Only the ___________ word in an organism´s complete scientific name has its first letter capitalized

• Main

• Second

• Less important

• First

The broadest, least specific level is

• Family

• Order

• Domain

• Genus

To identify an unfamiliar organism, you could use a field guide an a(n)

• Taxonomy

• Key

• Clue

• Taxonomic key

In Linneaus's classification system, the smalest group was the

• Genus

• Species

• Domain

• Phylum

As you move down the levels of classification, from domain to species, the number of organisms in each group

• increases.

• decreases.

• is bigger.

• stays the same.

Organisms in the same family are less closely related than organisms in the same order.

• True

• False

• I do not know

Linneaus classified organisms according to __________ in observable features.

• what he liked

• differences

• appearance

• similarities

Felis concolor can mate with Felis domesticus.

• Yes, because they are from the same genus.

• True

• No, they cannot. They do not like it.

• No they cannot. They need to be in the same species.