Classification of Organisms

Who developed the classification system?

• Carl Linnaeus

• Albert Einstein

• The President

• Scientist

Which of the following is NOT one of the four kingdoms?

• Fungi

• Protist

• Animal

• Species

List the 8 levels of classification.

What is the smallest and most specific group?

• Order

• Class

• family

• species

A picture of an organism and a classification key are shown. Using the classification key, identify the class of the organism. (a)  

• Class Mammalia

• Class Aves

• Class Reptilia

• Class Chondrichthyes

According to classification, if two organisms are in the same class, then they must be in the same kingdom and (a)  

• phylum

• family

• order

• species

Which Organisms are closely related?

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Based on their scientific names, you know that the cats Felis catus and Felis bieti do NOT belong to the same ​ (a)  

• species

• family

• genus

When naming organisms scientifically you would first list the ​ (a)   , which is always capitalized, and then you would list the ​ (b)   which is always lowercase.

• Genus

• species

The scientific name for a tiger is Panthera tigris. ​The organism belong to the domain ​ (a)   , and the kingdom ​ (b)   . ​ These animals are ​ (c)   . They are ​ (d)   .

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Fungi

• Eukarya

• Archaea

• Eubacteria

• Multicellular

• Unicellular

• heterotrophs

• autotrophs