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WorksheetsClassifying Life Quiz Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Roxie Laybourne saved many lives by inventing a way to classify ....
a)
bees
b)
birds
c)
bison
d)
babys
2.
Grouping things based on similarities is called...
a)
organization
b)
taxonomy
c)
classification
d)
genus
3.
Binomial means ...
a)
very small
b)
multiple
c)
two names
d)
organized
4.
This man devised a system to name organisms in the 1700s.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Copernicus
c)
Carolus Linnaeus
d)
Fransico Redi
5.
The first word in an organism's scientific name is its
a)
genus
b)
species
c)
phylum
d)
Domain
6.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class ...what comes next?
a)
genus
b)
species
c)
family
d)
order
7.
Which part of a scientific name is capitalized?
a)
specis
b)
genus
c)
domain
d)
Felis
8.
What makes a group of organisms a species?
a)
they can reproduce and their offspring can reproduce
b)
They all have very similar physical characterisitcs
c)
their names are very similar
d)
organisms can communicate and cooperate with each other
9.
A complete scientific name is written in
a)
all capital letters
b)
italics
c)
all lower case letters
d)
boldface
10.
Binomial nomenclature makes it easier for scientists to communicate because ...
a)
everyone speaks latin
b)
everyone uses the same scientific name
c)
everyone knows all the animals
d)
its fun to call organisms by name
11.
Homo sapiens is the scientific name for
a)
domestic dogs
b)
domestic cats
c)
human beings
d)
wild corn
12.
The broadest level of classification is the
a)
kingdom
b)
domain
c)
species
d)
genus
13.
A useful tool for identifying unkown organisms is a
a)
map
b)
classification quide
c)
taxonomic key
d)
divining rod
14.
Organisms have more characteristics in common at which level?
a)
domain
b)
family
c)
phylum
d)
kingdom
15.
"Taxis" means
a)
order, arrangement
b)
self
c)
similar, same
d)
transportation
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