Taxonomy Domain

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Chemistry

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Aristotle

• Charles Darwin

• Louis Pasteur

What is the correct order of taxonomy?

• Kingdom, pylum, class, species, genus, family, class

• Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom

• Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The diagram shows taxonomic groups and a major distinguishing characteristic of all but two of them. Which characteristics will be used to complete the chart?

• nonphotosynthetic - photosynthetic

• autotrophic - heterotrophic

• no nucleus - nucleus

• motile - nonmotile

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Dandelion, What kingdom does it belongs to?

• Plant Kingdom

• Animal Kingdom

• Fungi Kingdom

• Protista Kingdom

Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.

• domain

• kingdom

• species

• class

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name

• genus and species name

• domain and kingdom name

• kingdom and phylum name

What kingdom do unicellular, prokaryotic organisms that live in extreme environments?

• Animal

• Archaebacteria

• Eubacteria

• Plant

I am prokaryotic and am found everywhere. What kingdom do I belong to?

• Eubacteria

• Archaebacteria

• Fungi

• Protista

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

___ shows the relationship between species

• Classification

• Visible similarity

• Family history

• Biology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2