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Order the ranks from domain to species and use shared ranks to judge how closely two organisms are related.
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Which taxonomic rank is the next level down from phylum?
A biologist moves up exactly one rank from genus. Which rank does she reach?
Which taxonomic rank contains one or more families and is itself contained within a class?
Which taxonomic rank comes between kingdom and class?
Species is the narrowest rank in the hierarchy. Which rank sits immediately above it?
A classification chart starts with domain at the top. Which rank should be written on the next line down?
All three are in order Primates. Chimpanzee: family Hominidae, genus Pan. Gorilla: family Hominidae, genus Gorilla. Rhesus macaque: family Cercopithecidae, genus Macaca. Which two are most closely related?
Tiger: family Felidae, genus Panthera. Bobcat: family Felidae, genus Lynx. Gray wolf: family Canidae, genus Canis. Red fox: family Canidae, genus Vulpes. Which animal shares a family with the tiger but not a genus?
Lion: order Carnivora, family Felidae, genus Panthera. Leopard: order Carnivora, family Felidae, genus Panthera. What is the narrowest rank shown that these two animals share?
White oak: order Fagales, family Fagaceae, genus Quercus. Red oak: order Fagales, family Fagaceae, genus Quercus. American beech: order Fagales, family Fagaceae, genus Fagus. Which pair shares the most ranks?
Two insects are placed in the same family. Which statement about them must also be true?
Great horned owl: order Strigiformes, family Strigidae. Barn owl: order Strigiformes, family Tytonidae. Bald eagle: order Accipitriformes, family Accipitridae. Which two birds share an order but not a family?
All three are in class Insecta. Honey bee: order Hymenoptera, family Apidae. Yellowjacket wasp: order Hymenoptera, family Vespidae. Monarch butterfly: order Lepidoptera, family Nymphalidae. Which is closest to the honey bee?
Moving from domain down to species, how do the groups change?
Which of these ranks contains the largest number of different species?
Two animals are in the same phylum but different classes. How does that compare with two animals in the same class?
How many domains are recognized in the modern classification system, and what are they?
An organism's two-part scientific name, such as Homo sapiens, is built from which two ranks?
Two organisms that are in different phyla must also be in different classes.
A genus contains a greater number of different species than the family it belongs to.
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