Question

Order the taxa from largest (first) to smallest (eighth).

1. first family
2. second phylum/division
3. third genus
4. fourth class
5. fifth kingdom
6. sixth domain
7. seventh species
8. eighth order

Answer 1

All living organisms are divided into eighth different classes based on the characteristic which they possess. The classes from the largest to the lowest are listed below:

DOMAIN

KINGDOM

PHYLUM

CLASS

ORDER

FAMILY

GENUS

SPECIES.

The kingdom is the largest group while the species is the lowest group. The animals that belong to a particular class has more features in common than those that belong to the same phylum. An order is also comprises of animals that have more characteristics in common than those that belong to the same class. This trend continues down the groups.

Answer 2

The answer is domain, kingdom, phylum/division, class, order, family, genus and species. Taxonomic groups, or taxa, are used for biological classification. According to the modern taxonomy, the largest taxa is a domain. From largest (first) to smallest (eighth), the order is following: domain, kingdom, phylum/division, class, order, family, genus and species.