Classification System Quiz

Who was the scientist to come up with our main classification system and binomial nomenclature?

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Darwin

Organisms that are unicellular, prokaryotic, and live in extreme environmental conditions belong to what kingdom?

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Fungi

• Archaebacteria

What kingdoms fall under the Eukarya domain?

• Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista

• Eubacteria, Archaebacteria

• Monera, Protista, Fungi

• Protista, Fungi, Eubacteria

What kingdom(s) contain all prokaryotes?

• Archaebacteria and Eubacteria

• Protista and Fungi

• Fungi and Bacteria

• Plantae

What term is used to describe the scientific study of how living things are classified?

• Botany

• Zoology

• Taxonomy

• Genetics

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What is the broadest level of classification?

• Species

• Genus

• Family

• Domain

True or false: A dichotomous key gradually narrows down the list of possible choices to identify an organism.

• True

• False

The arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based on their similarities is called ____________.

• Taxonomy

• Classification

• Nomenclature

• Phylogeny

The further down the levels of classification you go, what happens to the organisms?

• They become more broadly related

• They become more closely related

• They become extinct

• They increase in number

What do all bacteria have in common?

• Ability to photosynthesize

• Presence of a nucleus

• Cell walls and prokaryotic

• Membrane-bound organelles