Unit 6: Classification of Organisms Review

What is taxonomy?

• a. The study of animals only

• b. The study of plants only

• c. The classification and naming of living things

• d. The study of extinct organisms

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2. Who developed the modern system of classifying organisms?

• a. Charles Darwin

• b. Carolus Linnaeus

• c. Gregor Mendel

• d. Louis Pasteur

3. What is the largest taxonomic category in classification?

• a. Kingdom

• b. Domain

• c. Class

• d. Phylum

4. Which of these is NOT one of the three domains?

• a. Bacteria

• b. Archaea

• c. Protista

• d. Eukarya

6. In which kingdom would you find mushrooms?

• a. Plantae

• b. Animalia

• c. Fungi

• d. Protista

7. What characteristic do all organisms in Domain Eukarya share?

• a. They are all single-celled
  

• b. They have cell walls
  

• c. They have a true nucleus
  

• d. They can all photosynthesize

8. Which sequence correctly shows the hierarchy from largest to smallest group?

• a. Kingdom, Domain, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
  

• b. Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
  

• c. Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
  

• d. Domain, Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

9. What is the main purpose of scientific classification?

• a. To make studying organisms more difficult
  

• b. To organize and identify relationships between organisms
  

• c. To only study extinct species
  

• d. To rename all living things yearly

11. What do scientists use to classify organisms into groups?

• a. Only their size
  

• b. Only their color
  

• c. Shared characteristics
  

• d. Only their habitat

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12. The scientific name of a house cat is Felis catus. Which word is the genus?

• a. catus

• b. Felis

• c. house

• d. cat