Unit 1 Classification Test

What is the process of arranging organisms into groups, based on their similarities?

• Grouping

• Organizing

• Classification

WHY do we need to classify organisms?

• It makes the organisms feel included

• It makes organisms easier to identify and study

• Because it’s fun

WHO created the 7 level system of classification we use today?

• Lincoln

• Aristotle

• Linnaeus

What is the BRANCH OF SCIENCE that classifies organisms?

• Taxonomy

• Biology

• Chemistry

What is the broadest (largest) level of classification under the Linnaean system?

• Phylum

• Species

• Kingdom

What is the most specific (narrowed down) level of classification under the Linnaean system?

• Species

• Class

• Genus

Only two levels of classification are used to find the scientific name of an organism... what are they?

• Kingdom and Phylum

• Genus and Species

• Class and Order

True or False: 

Binomial nomenclature is a two name system used to write the scientific name of an organism

• True

• False

What is the name of an organism that can make its own food?

• Prokaryote

• Autotroph

• Eukaryote

True or False:

A heterotroph is an organism that can make its own food

• True

• False