Chapter 6 STUDY GUIDE: Classification of Living Things

Into how many domains are the six kingdoms grouped?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Who developed the first widely used system of classifying organisms?

• Aristotle
• Linneaus
• Leakey
• Mendeleev

What was Linnaeus’s method of classification based on?

• common ancestors
• common evolutionary history
• physical and structural similarities
• chemical properties

What does the first part of a scientific name denote?

• common name
• species
• phylum
• genus

Which is the main reason that fungi are no longer classified as plants?

• Fungi do not have leaves.
• Fungi feed on dead or decaying matter.
• Fungi do not conduct photosynthesis.
• Fungi do not grow continuously.

Which domain includes organisms that are found in some of the most extreme environments on Earth?

• Animalia
• Archaea
• Bacteria
• Eukarya

What is the smallest group of classification that an organism can belong to?

• phylum
• order
• species
• class

Which is not one of the six modern kingdoms?

• dichotomous
• fungi
• plantae
• eubacteria

Organisms within a phylum can mate and produce offspring of the same type.

• True
• False

In a scientific name, the species name is capitalized.

• True
• False