What term refers to the scientific study of how living things are classified?

• A. Classification
• B. Taxonomy
• C. Binomial nomenclature
• D. Prokaryote

Answer: (B)

Taxonomy is the science that studies how living things are classified. It organizes organisms into a hierarchical system based on shared traits and evolutionary relationships, from broad groups like domains and kingdoms down to species. It also covers naming organisms with binomial nomenclature (two-part names) as part of the organized framework. So the term for the study of how living things are classified is taxonomy. Classification describes the act of sorting into groups, binomial nomenclature is the naming convention used within taxonomy, and prokaryote refers to a type of organism lacking a nucleus, not the study of classification.