Question

How is taxonomy used to determine closely two organisms are related?

Answer 1

As you travel further down the list, organisms become more closely related.

Explanation:

The order of taxonomy is (from most to least broad): Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Many things can be classified under Kingdom, but only a few organisms remain as you file into a Species. For example, dogs are in the same kingdom and cats, wolves and basically all other animals. However, as you file into family, dogs are still under the same catagory as wolves, and as you get to species, only different breeds of dogs remain.