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A brief quiz on scientific classification

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1
Which category contains the fewest organisms?
Phylum
Domain
Genus
Species
2
What is true about life on earth?
All organisms have been given scientific names
Not every organism has been discovered or classified
All organisms have been classified
All organisms have been discovered
3
Which category contains the most organisms?
Species
Domain
Kingdom
Family
4
Which of the following is NOT a way scientists classify organisms?
Chemical characteristics
Physical characteristics
Living in the same place
Similar DNA
5
What are the 3 domains?
Bacteria, Eukarya, Archaea
Animal, Plant, Fungi
Eukarya, Animalia, Plantae
Eukarya, Bacteria, Animalia
6
What is classification?
giving every living thing a name
grouping organisms based on similar characteristics
grouping organisms based on differences
finding the number of organisms in a group
7
What is the science of identifying and classifying organisms?
Taxonomy
Taxology
Classology
Classonomy
8
What are the 2 parts of a scientific name?
kingdom and species
genus and species
domain and kingdom
domain and genus
9
Who developed the modern classification system?
Carolus Linnaeus
Robert Hooke
Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
10
Scientists use dichotomous keys to
catch organisms
identify organisms
name organisms
count organisms