Linnaean Taxonomy
Domains and Kingdoms
Terminology and General Facts
Figure 1
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What is the order of the Linnaean Classification System?

What is Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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How many domains are there in the most current tree of life?

What is 3?

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Which of the following is the most abundant group of organisms on Earth?

What is bacteria?

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What type of classification system is depicted? In this system, how are organisms classified or grouped?

Linnaean taxonomy.

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In the Linnaean system of classification, which of the following is most commonly defined as a group of organisms that can breed and produce offspring?

What is species?

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How many kingdoms are there in the tree of life?

What is 6?

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Which organism is also known as the Danger Noodle?

What is Crotalus horridus?

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How does the figure illustrate the idea that each level is nested in the level above it?

Each level is included in all of the more general levels below it.

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Linnaean taxonomy names and classifies organisms based on...

What is physical characteristics?

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In the 1860s, all single-celled organisms were placed in their own kingdom called...


What is Protista?

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The goal of cladistics (cladograms) is to classify species according to


What is order they descended from a LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor)

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What is one limitation of this type of classification system?
It focuses on physical similarities alone. It was created before technology allowed us to study organisms at the molecular level.
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Which of the following phrases describes a taxon?

What is a group of organisms in a classification system?

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Which domain contains all organisms that have a nucleus?

What is Eukarya?

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Modern classification is mainly based on

What is phylogeny?

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Why is the rooster shown in the second and third rows, but not in any of the other rows?

The rooster is in the same kingdom and phylum as the other animals in the first and second rows, but not in the same class, order, family, genus, or species.

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In the Linnaean system of classification, a genus is most commonly defined as...


What are organisms that are similar enough to produce fertile offspring together?

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A similar trait that all organisms in Phylum Chordata have

What is a backbone (vertebrae)?

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Which of the following contains the most members?

What is class?

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According to the classification in the figure above, which animal would appear to be the least closely related to the bear?

Invertebrates (spider, ant, starfish, snail)