Taxonomy & Classification Pre Test

An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?

• class and order

• family and genus

• genus and species

• kingdom and phylum

Which taxonomic category is higher than the others?

• Class

• Genus

• Family

• Phylum

What is the order of the taxonomic levels from least specific to most specific?

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

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

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

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

Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.

• domain
• kingdom
• species
• class

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called _____.

• Eukaryotes

• Multicellular

• Unicellular

• Prokaryotes

A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?

• Whip Scorpion
• Wind Scorpion
• Daddy long legs
• Scorpion

What is the genus name here:

Canis lupus

• Canis

• lupus

What is a Heterotroph?

• A producer
• An organism that makes its own food
• A consumer or decomposer

How many Domains are there?
Name them:

• 3; Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
• 2; Bacteria, Eukarya
• 1; Eukarya
• 3; Bacteria, Eukarya, Protists

Organisms in the Kingdom Animalia are

• mutlicellular and heterotrophic
• multicellular and autotrophic
• unicellular and autotrophic
• unicellular and autotrophic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1