Cladistics and Biological Classification Boss Battle re-grade

Question #4: The eight levels of classification from general to specific are...


The correct order to this question from broadest to most specific is: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. This is correct because the two most specific categories are genus and species. This is because the genus and species are directly related to the organism. However, the broadest classifications are domain and kingdom because they are not directly related to the organism, and affect many others as well. 



Question #10: Select all the organisms that you would expect have the most characteristics in common.

The correct answers to this question are: Aubrieta gracilis, Aubrieta olympica, and Aubrieta deltoidea. This is the correct answer because these three organisms have Aubrieta as the first word in their name also known as the genus, meaning that they are from the same group. Organisms are in the same genus when they have many characteristics in common, meaning that these organisms are the most closely related.

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