Taxonomy STAAR Questions

Use the table to determine the scientific name of an emperor penguin written in the correct scientific format.

• Spheniscidae forsteri

• Aptenodyes forsteri

• Aptenodyes forsteri

• Spheniscidae aptenodyes

Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.

• domain

• kingdom

• species

• class

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

• Geology

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Chemistry

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

• 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

Mosquito  belongs to what kingdom?

• Animal Kingdom

• Plant Kingdom

• Fungi Kingdom

• Protista Kingdom

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

This organism is multicellular, heterotroph, that has a cell wall made of chitin. What kingdom does it belong in?

• fungi

• plantae

• animalia

• eubacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1