Classification quiz 6th grade

What separates a salamander from a turtle?

• Four walking legs

• Hair

• Amniotic egg

• They both have all the same characteristics

 According to the cladogram, which of the following species is the most  recent common ancestor to Species B and Species D?

• E

• B

• C

• G

The scientific name of a living organism consists of its…

• Genus and family

• Family and species

• Species and genus

• Genus and species 

What is the broadest level of classification?

• Species

• Kingdom

• Domain

• Order

Binomial nomenclature is:

• The scientific system of naming an organism using two terms, the first being the genus and the second the species

• The process of arranging organisms into groups based on similarities

• A group of organisms whose members can mate with one another

• The name given to organisms that can trap energy and produce their own food

 What is the correct order of classification from broadest to most specific?

• species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain

• class, domain, family, genus, kingdom, order, phylum, species

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• kingdom , order, phylum, domain, species, class, genus, family

An  invertebrate animals is

• an animal that does not have a backbone

• a physical feature of a living thing's body.

• an animal that has a backbone.

• a hard body surface.

To what kingdom does the organism pictured belong?

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Protista

• Animalia

According to the picture to the right, what do amphibians and primates have in common?

• Hair and amniotic egg

• Four limbs, bony skeleton, and vertebrae

• Four limbs, amniotic egg

• Hair and four limbs

If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must also be in the same:

• class

• species

• family

• kingdom