How Is The Domain Rank Different From Other Ranks

Question: Which rank contains the largest number of organisms: genus, species, class, order?

Answer: class

Question: The name "Tursiops trancatus" includes which of the following ranks: genus and species, kingdom and phylum, class and order, species and subspecies?

Answer: genus and species

Question: Which of the following is always true of two organisms in the same taxonomic class: they can breed with one another, they have certain physical features in common, they evolved at the same rate, they live in the same ecosystem?

Answer: they have certain physical features in common

Question: How is the "domain" rank different from other ranks?

Answer: it was created more recently

Question: In contrast to archaea bacteria, all eukaryotic organisms:

Answer: have cell nuclei

Question: All animals in phylum Chordata share which of the following features: wings, lungs, spines, legs?

Answer: spines

Question: Scientific names are usually given in classical languages. Which of the following can you infer is a true statement about classical languages: they were spoken in the ancient world, they are only used within the scientific community, they were invented by Carolus Linnaeus, they are only used by scientists in the U.S. and Europe?

Answer: they were spoken in the ancient world

Question: Place the following taxonomic ranks in order from most specific to least specific. A) order B) phylum C) family

Answer: C, A, B

Question: Lions and house cats share common features, but cannot breed with one another. What can you infer about how they're classified?

Answer: they belong to the same family, but different genera and species