Classification: Unit 1 Study Guide

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

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

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Thomas Jefferson
• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein 

Almost all bacteria are...

• Unicellular
• Multicellular

Which two kingdoms are entirely multicellular?

• Animalia and Plantae
• Animalia and Protista
• Protista and Plantae

To say that an organism is heterotrophic means...

• it cannot reproduce asexually
• it cannot make its own food
• it cannot breathe oxygen gas

Organisms whose cells have NO nucleus are classified as...

• Eukaryotic
• Prokaryotic
• Dead

Mold, yeast, and mushrooms all belong to the Kingdom _______.

• Archaebacteria
• Fungi
• Eubacteria
• Protista

Which characteristics best describes the Plant Kingdom?

• unicellular; eukaryote; autotroph
• multicellular, prokaryote, autotroph
• multicellular, eukaryote, autotroph
• unicellular, prokaryote, heterotroph

How do scientists organize living things?

• by looks
• by shared characteristics
• by size
• by differences

What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things.

• taxonomy
• taxadermy
• taxicab
• toxicology