Biology Taxonomy Lesson

Classification Lesson

Multiple Choice

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• geology

• biology

• taxonomy

• binomial nomenclature

Multiple Choice

What scientist gave us the system of classification we use today?

• Mendel

• Darwin

• Watson

• Linnaeus

Multiple Choice

In a properly written scientific name, which part is capitalized?

• genus

• species

Multiple Choice

The scientific name for water bear is Hypsibius dujardini. What is its species?

• Hypsibius

• dujardini

• water

• tardigrade

Open Ended

From the chart, which two species would you expect to share the greatest number of features?

Open Ended

From the chart, which two species would you expect to be the least similar to all the others?

Open Ended

From the chart, what evidence is there that otters share more features with mink than dogs do with cats?

Open Ended

From the chart, predict some probable characteristics of alopex lagopus?

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct order of taxa from LARGEST to SMALLEST

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Phylum, Order, Species, Family, Genus, Kingdom

• Family, Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Order, Species, Genus

Multiple Choice

Which organisms are closely related?

• American badger and leopard

• european otter and leopard

• coyote and gray wolf

• coyote and american badger

Multiple Choice

The most specific of the classification is...

• class

• genus

• order

• species

Multiple Choice

The two kingdoms that make up prokaryotes are:

• animals and plants

• archea and bacteria

• protists and fungi

Multiple Choice

What kingdom's organisms often live in super harsh environments?

• animalia

• plantae

• archea

• protista

Multiple Choice

Which characteristic is true for all protists?

• heterotroph

• parasitic

• cellulose cell wall

• Eukaryote

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT one of the groups of Kingdom Protista?

• Fungi-like

• Animal-like

• Bacteria-like

• Plant-like

Multiple Choice

Mushrooms are an example of this kingdom

• Animalia

• Archea

• Protista

• Fungi