Classification Quiz

What is taxonomy?

• the scientific study of how living things are classified
• the name of Aristole's classification system
• the process used by geologists
• the process of observing an organism's behavior

Why scientists organize living things into groups?

• so they can find them in the wild more easily
• so that the organisms are easier to study
• so they can make sense of the varietyof rocks on Earth
• sp products from living things can be easily found in groceries

What is binomial nomenclature?

• classifying organisms into seven levels
• the naming system developed by Aristole
• Grouping animals based on how they move
• a naming system in which each organisms is given a two-part name.

An organism's scientific name consists of

• its class name and its family name
• its kingdom name and its phylum name
• its genus name and its species name
• its phylum name and its species name

Which is the broadest classification level?

• family            
• kingdom
• phylum
• species

Which classification level is broader than the phylum level?

• order
• class
• family
• kingdom

Which kingdom includes only multicellular heterotrophs?

• protists
• archaebacteria
• plant
• animals

Which kingdom includes only prokaryotes?

• archabacteria
• protists
• plants
• fungi

Which of the following characteristics do all plants share?

• being unicelluar
• producing flowers
• being a prokaryote
• being autotroph

Which of the following kingdoms includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms? 

• eubacteria
• protists 
• plants
•  archaebacteria