Biology Classification Review

A scientific name is made up of 2 parts; the first is the genus and the second is the ___

• family
• kingdom
• phylum
• species

Which taxa contains the FEWEST amount of organisms, or is the most specific?

• genus
• family
• species
• order

Which level of classification (taxon) comes after kingdom?

• order
• family
• phylum
• species

Which domain do humans belong to?

• Bacteria
• Eukarya
• Archae
• Eubacteria

The science of classifying organisms is ...

• biology
• ecology
• cladistics
• taxonomy

A new species of animal is discovered and must be classified. Which would be the most important thing to study to determine its classification?

• what it eats
• where it lives
• how old it is
• its skeletal structure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What was Carolus Linnaeus known for?

• taxonomy
• Theory of Evolution
• dichotomous keys
• binomial nomenclature

An aid to identifying an unknown organism?

• taxonomy key

• binomial key

• dichotomous key

• classification key

Why do we use scientific names?

• to follow the laws of Latin education

• as a means to communicate around the world

• Aristotle created them to help identify organisms

• to help us figure out what organisms are related

Which is not a rule when writing scientific names?

• capitalize the genus

• lowercase the species

• underline the entire name

• italicize just the genus and not the species