Classification Pre-Test

a category of classification below a kingdom

• Phylum

• Genus

• Class

• Order

a specific group of plants or animals that have some things in common

• Order

• Species

• Family

• Order

Taxonomy is?

• one of the three domains of life

• the science of classifying and naming living things

• organisms with spinal cords in their backs

• one of the six kingdoms of life

Organisms are classified based on ________.

• the number of them that exists in a species

• their Greek names

• similarities and evolutionary relationships

• the year their fossils are discovered

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

An organism's scientific name identifies the ________ and the ________ in which the organism belongs.

• genus, species

• order, genus

• family, species

• class, order

a category of classification below an order

• Domain

• Family

• Order

• Class

the system of classifying living things into categories

• Species

• Orginize

• Kingdom

• Taxonomy

Which of the following lists the eight levels of classification in the correct order?

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

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

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

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

What characteristics do all organisms in the phylum Chordata have?

• They grow in cocoons.

• They have spinal cords.

• They feed milk to their young.

• They lay eggs.

What am I?

• Plant

• Animal

• Eubacteria

• Protist