SOL Review 5: Classification

A biologist has just discovered a new life form. The newly described organism is multicellular, does not carry on photosynthesis, and absorbs nutrients from the environment. It is composed of eukaryotic cells with cell walls. In which kingdom would the organism be classified?

• Bacteria

• Plant

• Fungi

• Animal

An important feature of modern classification systems is that they —

• can incorporate new scientific discoveries

• group organisms that live in the same habitat

• can predict the discovery of new species

• apply only to organisms that are alive today

According to this chart, the insects that are most closely related are the —

• springtails and proturans

• bristletails and mayflies

• springtails and bristletails

• dragonflies and proturans

According to the biological definition of a species, which organisms listed below would belong to the same species?

• Protists that are the same shape and have the same structures for movement

• Animals that can breed and produce fertile offspring

• Plants that have flowers with the same structures that attract the same pollinators

• Mushrooms that are the same color and can grow on trees

Which of the following cell organelles are related to movement?

• Ribosomes and lysosomes
• Flagella and Cilia
• Nucleus and cell membrane
• Golgi and ER

Escherichia coli is the scientific name of a bacterium. What category of classification is Escherichia?

• Order
• Phylum
• Genus 
• Species

What is the process that plants perform to create food from sun energy?

• Species

• Photosynthesis

• Heterosynthesiss

• Fungi

Which of following three kingdoms are multi-cellular?

• Fungi, Prokaryote, Genus

• Eukaryotic, Nucleus, Plantae

• Species, Animalia, Fungi

• Animalia, Plantae, Fungi

___________ is grouping things according to similarities

• Classification

• Photosynthesis

• Autograph

• Genus

What is the broadest level of organization?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class