Classifications of Life

What is taxonomy?

• the scientific study of how living things are classified
• the name of Linneaus' classification system
• the process used by geologists to classify rocks
• the process of observing an organism's behavior

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What is binomial nomenclature?

• classifying organisms into seven levels
• grouping animals based off of how they move
• a naming system in which each organism is given a two-part name
• the process of picking which kingdom an animal belongs to

What is taxonomy?

• the scientific study of how living things are classified
• the name of Linneaus' classification system
• the process used by geologists to classify rocks
• the process of observing an organism's behavior

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

• species
• kingdom
• family
• class

The binomial system of classificiation was developed by a scientist named

• Darwin
• Hooke
• Linnaeus
• Mendel

What is binomial nomenclature?

• classifying organisms into seven levels
• grouping animals based off of how they move
• a naming system in which each organism is given a two-part name
• the process of picking which kingdom an animal belongs to

An organism's scientific name consists of 

• its class name and family name
• its kingdom name and phylum name
• its genus name and its species name
• its phylum name and its species name

A cat's scientific is Felix domesticus. Which genus does it belong to?

• cat
• binomial nomenclature
• Felix
• domesticus

Every protist has cells that contain a nucleus. What is the name for this type of cell?

• eukaryotic
• prokaryotic
• unicellular
• enucleated

In printed scientific names, only the ________ is capitalized.

• family
• class
• species
• genus