Classification Quiz Practice #1

Any individual living thing.

• Decomposer
• Organism
• Producer
• Abiotic

Is the process of arranging organisms into groups based on similarities.

• Classification

• Kingdom

• bacteria

• protists

Is the largest/broadest classification category?

• Phlyum

• Class

• Order

• Kingdom

Is the smallest, most specific classification category

• Genus

• Phylum

• Species

• class

Which of the following is the correct order from broadest to smallest?

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

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

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

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

Binomial nomenclature is made up of :

• Family and Order

• Phylum and Class

• Kingdom and Species

• Genus and Species

Which of the following is a reason scientists use scientific names as opposed to their common names? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

• Scientists around the world use the same names so there is no language barrier

• No two species have the same name, so there is no confusion about which organism is being studied

• Scientific names can help you know which organisms are related if they share a common genus name

• None of these

Why do scientists classify living things?

• It helps scientists trap species to study

• It is easier to study organisms when grouped

• It is a good way to keep organisms calm

• It is helpful when dissecting an organism

An early classification system had two groups: Plants and Animals. What is wrong with that system?

• It is too specific

• They are not groups

• too broad

• None of these

An early classification system had two groups: Plants and Animals. What is wrong with that system?

• It is too specific

• They are not groups

• too broad

• None of these