Taxonomic Classification

Which of the following identifies the levels of classification in the correct order?

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• genus, species, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family

• domain, kingdom, genus, species, phylum, class, order, family

• genus, species, phylum, class, order, family, domain, kingdom

Linnaeus's contributions most helped develop which area of science?

• medicine

• taxonomy

• chemistry

• microbiology

Felicia's teacher gives her the following list of types of organisms. Fern yeast Algae insects Felicia needs to identify the kingdom for each type of organism. In what order could she list the kingdoms for organisms 1 through 4?

• Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Animalia

• Animalia, Protista, Plantae, Fungi

• Plantae, Protista, Fungi, Animalia

• Fungi, Plantae, Protista, Animalia

As Carolus Linnaeus was growing up, he was interested in botany and in the names of plants. His ideas have influenced generations of biologists. How did Carolus Linnaeus contribute to modern classification systems?

• He identified the three domains of life.

• He developed two-part scientific names.

• He standardized common names of organisms.

• He used chemical characteristics to classify organisms.

To which phylum do crabs and spiders belong?

• Echinodermata

• Arthropoda

• Cnidaria

• Mollusca

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Organisms are classified today using the Linnaean system, and the following table shows the taxonomic classification of two marine organisms living along the Pacific Coast. Taxonomic classification is important to marine biologists because it provides a way to -

• prove that marine evolution occurs

• discover and name every marine organism on Earth

• designate Latin as the universal language of marine biology

• identify marine organisms and find evolutionary relationships between them

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

If two organisms are in the same class, they must also be in the same ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• kingdom

• family

• genus

• order

If two organisms belong to the same order, then they must also belong to the same...

• Species

• Class

• Family

• Genus

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

• Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species

• Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order

• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Domain, Kingdom, Species, Phylum, Family, Order, Class, Genus

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The scientific name for water bear is Hypsibius dujardini.  What is its species?

• Hypsibius 

• dujardini

• water 

• tardigrade