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WorksheetsClassification and Six Kingdoms Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. The division of organisms into groups or classes based on characteristics is
a)
taxonomy
b)
classification
c)
life science
d)
biology
2.
Carolus Linnaeus is known for
a)
founding the science of taxonomy
b)
discovering retractable claws
c)
identifying the characterisitcs of rare species
d)
discovering Tyrannosaurus rex
3.
A pine tree is a member of the kingdom
a)
Animalia
b)
Protista
c)
Fungi
d)
Plantae
4.
The eight levels of classification, from general to specific, are
a)
domain, kingdom, class, order, phylum, family, genus, species
b)
somain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, order, genus, species
c)
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
d)
domain, kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genus, species
5.
The science of describing, classifying, and naming organisms is
a)
taxonomy
b)
life science
c)
organization
d)
classification
6.
For hundreds of years, people thought all living things belonged to one of two groups. What were the two groups?
a)
living and nonliving
b)
animals and flowers
c)
animals and plants
d)
microscopic and nonmicroscopic
7.
What can you find out by working through a dichotomous key in order?
a)
how many birds migrate north to south
b)
the identity of an organism
c)
how long slime mold can live
d)
when a species first appeared on Earth
8.
Euglena is a member of the kingdom
a)
Protista
b)
Animalia
c)
Plantae
d)
Fungi
9.
The organisms in what kingdom usually move by themselves and have specialized sense organs that allow them to respond to their environment?
a)
fungi
b)
animalia
c)
plantae
d)
protista
10.
The scientific name for the common house cat is Felis domesticus. What is its specific name?
a)
Felis
b)
house cat
c)
domesticus
d)
feline
11.
What would scientists do if they discovered organisms that could not fit into any of the four kingdoms of the domain Eukarya?
a)
destroy the newly discovered organisms
b)
change the newly discovered organisms so they fit one of the four kingdoms
c)
create new kingdoms
d)
leave the newly discovered organisms alone
12.
Members of kingdom Animalia depend on bacteria and fungi because bacteria and fungi
a)
do not perform photosynthesis
b)
recycle nutrients in dead organisms
c)
use sunlight to produce sugar
d)
are useful for animal habitat
13.
What kingdom does slime mold belong to
a)
Protista
b)
Fungi
c)
Planta
d)
Archaea
14.
What is the scientific name for a Burchell's zebra?
a)
Equus caballus
b)
Equus burchelli
c)
Equus grevyi
d)
Caballus zebra
15.
What's the scientific name for horse?
a)
Equus horse
b)
Equus grevyi
c)
Equus burchelli
d)
Equus caballus
16.
When the eight levels of classification are listed from broadest to narrowest, which level is sixth in the list?
a)
class
b)
genus
c)
family
d)
order
17.
The simple, single-celled organisms that live in your intestines are classified in the kingdom
a)
Eukarya
b)
Archaea
c)
Protista
d)
Eubacteria
18.
Animalia, Protista, Fungi, and Archaea are the
a)
scientists who organized taxonomy
b)
names of kingdoms
c)
levels of classification
d)
scientific names of different organisms
19.
This kingdom includes complex, multicellular organisms that are usually green, have cell walls, and make sugar by photosynthesis
a)
fungi
b)
bacteria
c)
plantae
d)
archaea
20.
This kingdom includes mostly single-celled or simple multicellular organisms.
a)
Protista
b)
Eubacteria
c)
Archaebacteria
d)
Fungi
21.
What are the three domains?
a)
Archaea, Bacteria, and Eubacteria
b)
Archaea, Protists, and Eubacteria
c)
Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
d)
Archaea, Fungi, Animalia
22.
This kingdom includes nongreen, nonmoving eukaryotic organisms that break down substances outside their bodies and absorb the nutrients.
a)
Archaea
b)
Plantae
c)
Bacteria
d)
Fungi
23.
This kingdom includes unicellular organisms, they reproduce quickly by binary fission (asexual), have a flagella, and are make up most of the common bacteria.
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Fungi
c)
Eubacteria
d)
Protists
24.
In this kingdom, you can find all the organisms are prokaryotes, unicellular, some may have a cell wall, their methanogens, halophiles, thermaphiles, and they are found in extreme environments.
a)
Eubacteria
b)
Archaebacteria
c)
Protists
d)
Fungi
25.
In these kingdoms, they are eukaroytes, mostly multicellular, and mostly reproduce sexually.
a)
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, and Protists
b)
Protists, Fungi, and Plants
c)
Fungi, Animals, and Plants
d)
Animals, Plants and Protists
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