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WorksheetsClassify Life Quiz
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of life?
a)
Responds to stimuli
b)
Uses energy
c)
Are made of cells
d)
Reproduces asexually
2.
What does it mean to classify something?
a)
To sort or group
b)
To explain
c)
To name
d)
To understand
3.
What kingdom do we call the "junk drawer?"
a)
Bacteria
b)
Protist
c)
Fungi
d)
Plant
4.
How many parents are needed for sexual reproduction to occur?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
5.
How many parents are involved in asexual reproduction?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
6.
What are the offspring like in asexual reproduction?
a)
Different from the parents
b)
Identical to the parent
7.
Which is an example of development?
a)
Getting larger
b)
Getting taller
c)
Learning to talk
d)
Losing weight
8.
What is the main difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs?
a)
how they reproduce
b)
how they use energy (get food)
c)
how many cells they have
d)
how they react to stimuli
9.
The scientific name for an orange is Citris sinensis. What is the genus?
a)
Citris
b)
sinensis
10.
The scientific name for an orange is Citris sinensis. What is the species?
a)
Citris
b)
sinensis
11.
The scientific name for the Lobblolly pine is Pinus taeda. What level of classification is Pinus?
a)
Kingdom
b)
Order
c)
Species
d)
Genus
12.
The scientific name for the Lobblolly pine is Pinus taeda. What level of classification is taeda?
a)
Kingdom
b)
Order
c)
Species
d)
Genus
13.
What is the scientific name of a blue whale?
a)
Panthera leo
b)
Canis lupus
c)
Proteles christatus
d)
Balaenoptera musculus
14.
Canis lupus is the scientific name for what animal?
a)
Aardwolf
b)
Grey Wolf
c)
Lion
d)
Coyote
15.
The correct way to write the scientific name for a red maple tree is....
a)
ACER RUBRUM
b)
Red maple
c)
acer rubrum
d)
Acer rubrum
16.
Which list correctly shows the levels of classification in the correct order?
a)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Domain
b)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
c)
Kingdom, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Species, Genus
d)
Domain, Kingdom, Phlum, Order, Class, Species, Genus
17.
A horse and a donkey can mate and produce an offspring of a mule. What is one reason why a horse and donkey are NOT considered the same species?
a)
The mule offspring is unable to reproduce.
b)
The horse and donkey are not classified as Kingdom Animalia.
c)
The horse and donkey naturally created the mule offspring.
d)
The horse has a larger body size than the donkey.
18.
The scientific name given to the white oak in Quercus alba. What genus does this tree belong to?
a)
Quercus
b)
Canis
c)
Alba
d)
Plantae
19.
The correctly written scientific name is -
a)
Felis domesticus
b)
mus domesticus
c)
quercus Alba
d)
Canis Lupus
20.
The scientific name of the domestic dog is Canis familiaris. What part of this name is the species name?
a)
familiaris
b)
Felis
c)
Dog
d)
Canis
21.
The largest group of organisms grouped together is
a)
species
b)
phylum
c)
genus
d)
domain
22.
If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must also be in the same
a)
class
b)
species
c)
family
d)
kingdom
23.
Which organisms are closely related?
a)
Equus ceballas (horse) & Equus burchellii (zebra)
b)
Cyanea artica (jellyfish) & Asterias rubens (sea star)
c)
Naja naja (cobra) & Crotalus atrox (rattlesnake)
d)
Alligator mississippiensis (alligator) & Crocodylus porosus (crocodile)
24.
What is the smallest/most specific level of classification?
a)
Family
b)
Domain
c)
Species
d)
Carolus Linnaeus
25.
The science of classifying and naming organisms is ______________.
a)
evolution
b)
taxonomy
c)
grouping
d)
scientific names
26.
The 7 levels of classification, from most broad to most specific are ...
a)
Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
27.
Which organism in the table shown is most closely related to the common dolphin?
a)
human
b)
killer whale
c)
giant kelp
d)
bat star
28.
Mold, yeast, and mushrooms all belong to the Kingdom _______.
a)
Archaea
b)
Fungi
c)
Bacteria
d)
Protista
29.
Organisms that are classified as unicellular are --
a)
seen with the naked eye
b)
many celled organisms
c)
single celled organisms
d)
able to make their own food
30.
What type of organism makes its own food internally?
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph
c)
carnivore
d)
omnivore
31.
The first part of a scientific name is an organism's _______________ and the second part is its ________________.
a)
species, genus
b)
phylum, order
c)
class, spices
d)
genus, species
32.
What do scientists look at to classify living things?
a)
their diseases
b)
their likes and dislikes
c)
their characteristics
d)
their ages
33.
How many Kingdoms are there?
a)
3
b)
6
c)
5
d)
4
34.
Turning around to see who is calling your name is an example of a
a)
response
b)
responsibility
c)
reason
d)
rationale
35.
Why do scientists classify living things?
a)
to help keep information about organisms
b)
to make it easy to find information about an unknown species
c)
to communicate clearly with other scientists about organisms
d)
all of the above
36.
The picture shows the different stages in the life of a plant. Which characteristics of living things is best represented here?
a)
response to environment
b)
using energy
c)
growth
d)
reproduction
37.
Multicellular Autotrophs belong in this Kingdom?
a)
Animal
b)
Plant
c)
Protists
d)
Fungi
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