Taxonomic Classification Quiz: Fruit Fly, Human, Pea

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Which taxonomic rank is the most specific?

Species (correct)
Genus
Family
Class

A fruit fly and a human share which of the following taxonomic ranks?

Class
Genus
Kingdom (correct)
Family

Which of the following represents the correct way to write the species name for the pea plant?

Pisum Sativum
_Pisum sativum_
*P. sativum* (correct)
P. Sativum

What taxonomic rank differentiates the pea plant from the fruit fly and human?

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To what order does the fruit fly belong?

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Kingdom

The highest level of classification, classifying organisms based on their most general characteristics. Includes the entire animal kingdom, plant kingdom, and others.

Phylum (animals) or Division (plants)

A major division of the animal kingdom, based on common characteristics, like having a backbone or not.

Class

Grouping organisms with similar physical characteristics that are more specific than Phylum/Division, like having wings or scales.

Order

A narrower grouping, representing organisms with similar shared characteristics after Class, such as insects and mammals.

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Family

A smaller grouping of organisms with traits in common, more specific than Order. For example, humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas.

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Taxonomic Classification of Fruit Fly, Human, and Pea

Fruit Fly:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum/Division: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Drosophilidae
- Genus: Drosophila
- Species: D. melanogaster
Human:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum/Division: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Primates
- Family: Hominidae
- Genus: Homo
- Species: H. sapiens
Pea:
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum/Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Fabales
- Family: Fabaceae
- Genus: Pisum
- Species: P. sativum