2. All organisms have two scientific names. What classification levels do these names identify?
genus and species
4. The science of identifying and classifying organisms into groups based on shared characteristics is called
taxonomy
7. List the 7 classification categories in order from the largest, most general group to the smallest, most specific group.
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
3. What is the smallest level of classification - where the organisms can mate with each other and where the offspring can also mate and produce offspring?
species
1. Which of the following levels of classification contains the greatest number of organisms?
kingdom
5. The scientist that created the modern classification system is...
Carolus Linnaeus
6. An organism’s species name is domesticus. Its genus name is Felix. What is the scientific name of the organism?
Felix domesticus
10. This type of bacteria has existed on Earth at least 3 billion years and is considered an “ancient” type of life.
Archaebacteria
8. Organisms in the animal, plant, protista and fungi kingdoms are all part of which domain?
Eukaryota
9. Organisms found in this kingdom are known as decomposers; they are different from plants because they do not perform photosynthesis.
Fungi
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