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Organizing Life's Diversity

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the common name for Ursus americanus?
a)
Black Bear 
b)
American Black Bear
c)
Sloth Bear
d)
Asiatic Black Bear
2.
What is the common name for Melusus ursinus?
a)
Black Bear
b)
American Bear
c)
Sloth Bear
d)
Asiatic Black Bear
3.
What is the common name for Ursus thibetanus?
a)
Black Bear
b)
American Black Bear 
c)
Sloth Bear
d)
Asiatic Black Bear
4.
Choose the correct order of the taxonomic categories by using the first letter of each category. Ex. Kingdom = K, Domain = D
a)
D,S, G, F, P, C, O, K
b)
D, K, P, C, O, F, G, S
c)
S, G, D, F, O, C, P, K
d)
S, D, K, P, C, O, F, G,
5.
What is the first rule of writing a scientific name?
a)
Underline the scientific name when written by hand. 
b)
Capitalize the first name of the genus. 
c)
When printed in a magazine, italicize the scientific name. 
6.
On what did Linnaeus base his classification?
a)
Derived characters
b)
Binomial nomenclature 
c)
Morphology and habit
d)
Evolutionary relationship 
7.
Which taxon contains one or more kingdoms?
a)
Genus
b)
Phylum
c)
Family
d)
Domain 
8.
At which level does the domestic cat diverge from the coyote?
a)
Family
b)
Class
c)
Order
d)
Genus
9.
Kingdom level that has organ systems, lacks cell walls, and ingest food.
a)
Kingdom Archae
b)
Kingdom Animalia
c)
Kingdom Protista
d)
Kingdom Fungi 
10.
Bacteria is...
a)
Unicellular
b)
Multicellular
c)
Unicellular and Multicellular
d)
Mostly Multicellular
11.
Bacteria is...
a)
Eukaryote
b)
Prokaryote
c)
Multicellular
d)
Unicellular and Multicelluar
12.
Archae is...
a)
Unicellular and Multicellular
b)
Multicellular
c)
Unicellular
d)
Mostly Multicelluar
13.
Which is not apart of the Domain Eukarya?
a)
Protista
b)
Fungi
c)
Archae
d)
Plantae
14.
Archae is...
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
c)
Multicellular
d)
Unicellular and Multicellular
15.
Which is an example of Kingdom Plantae?
a)
Earthworm
b)
Mushroom
c)
Paramecium
d)
Moss
16.
Which is an example of Kingdom Protista?
a)
Mushroom
b)
Paramecium
c)
Moss
d)
Earthworm
17.
Which kingdom has no cell walls?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Animalia
c)
Fungi
d)
Archae