Organizing Life

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

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

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Carl's Jr.

• Charles Darwin

• Henry Groseclose

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

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

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What is the most specific level of classification?

• Family

• Domain

• Species

• Carolus Linnaeus

What type of characteristics are used to make a dichotomous key?

• Characteristics that make an organism different from any other organism. (type of beaks, claws, root systems)

• Characteristics like age of an organism

• Where the organism lives

• How many organisms live in the environment

When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?

• physical features

• weather patterns

• environment

• diet

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Why do scientist use domain and kingdoms to classify organisms?

• Scientist around the world can communicate using the domain/kingdom to identify specific organisms

• Its fun to name organisms

• Makes it more confusing for scientists

• Everyone knows Latin

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living things?

• Move around.

• Use energy.

• Respond to surrounding environment

• Grow, develop, and reproduce

Which domain includes all animals and plants?

• Eukarya

• Archaea

• Bacteria

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_____________ is the scientific study of how organisms are classified and named.

• Taxonomy

• Classification