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Grade 10 Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of                           .
  1. government and taxes
  2. energy and molecules
  3. mathematics and statistics
  4. organizing and classifying
Grade 10 Taxonomy
Vertebrates belong to phylum                .
  1. Chordata
  2. Animalia
  3. Fungi
  4. Protista
Grade 10 Taxonomy
Based on the cladogram, which statement is true about relatedness between the organisms?
Cladogram
  1. A salmon is more closely related to a hamster than it is to a lizard.
  2. A lizard and a chimpanzee are more closely related than a hamster and a chimpanzee.
  3. A salamander and a salmon are more closely related than a hamster and a salmon.
  4. A chimpanzee is more closely related to a salmon than a hamster is to a salamander.
  5. All the animals are equally related.
Grade 10 Taxonomy
The two-part system used to name organisms is called                      .
  1. dual identification
  2. double nomenclature
  3. Linnaean nomenclature
  4. binomial nomenclature
Grade 10 Taxonomy
The most inclusive taxon in Linnaeus's original classification system is the
  1. population.
  2. species.
  3. kingdom.
  4. domain.
Grade 10 Taxonomy
Which group of categories is listed from broadest to most specific?
  1. family, order, class
  2. genus, family, species
  3. order, family, genus
  4. phylum, class, kingdom
Grade 10 Taxonomy
What does the Linnaean classification system focus on?
  1. physical similarities
  2. molecular structure
  3. gender
  4. family
Grade 10 Taxonomy
What is the domain of the phylum Chordata?
  1. Eukarya
  2. Archaea
  3. Protista
Grade 10 Taxonomy
What is the proper way to write a scientific name in Latin?
  1. all capitalized and all italicized
  2. kingdom capitalized and species in lowercase, all italicized
  3. listing all categories, all italicized
  4. genus capitalized and species in lowercase, all italicized
Grade 10 Taxonomy
                is the scientific classification of organisms.
  1. Taxidermy
  2. Cladistics
  3. Taxology
  4. Taxonomy
Grade 10 Taxonomy
What is an example of a human species?
  1. genus homo
  2. class mammalia
  3. Homo sapiens
  4. kingdom animalia
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