Unit 11 Pre-Assessment

A scientific name consists of 

• Genus and Order
• Genus and Domain
• Genus and species
• Kingdon and Phylum

The most specific of the classifications is?

• class 
• order 
• genus 
• species

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

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

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

• Geology
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Chemistry

Which of the following organisms is a vertebrate?

• insect

• sponge

• monkey

• earthworm

A biologist observes that a plant specimen has

no true roots, stems, or leaves. What term would

she use to describe this plant?

• vascular

• flowering

• wilted

• non-vascular

Which term describes an animal without a

backbone?

• chordate

• invertebrate

• protozoan

• vertebrate

The picture above shows a cherry tree

What do cherry trees produce that helps

scientists classify them?

• flowers and cones

• flowers and seeds

• leaves and spores

• leaves and spores

What is a major difference between plan and animal cells?

• Plant cells are prokaryotic, and animal cells are eukaryotic.

• Plant cells have cell walls, and animal cells don’t have cell walls.

• Plant cells are endothermic, and animal cells are exothermic.

• Plant cells are heterotrophs, and animal cells are autotrophs.

Scientists discover a new organism. The organism is an autotrophic multicellular organism. To which of these kingdoms does this organism most likely belong?

• Archaebacteria

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Eubacteria