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WorksheetsClassification of Animals & Plants
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?
a)
Plant
b)
Protists
c)
Fungi
d)
Animal
2.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plant
b)
Fungi
c)
Animal
d)
Protist
3.
Which kingdom is makes its own food AND has a cell wall?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Fungi
c)
Plant
d)
Protist
4.
Another word for a living thing
a)
pet
b)
parasite
c)
organism
d)
property
5.
Nonliving things do not have
a)
cells
b)
properties
c)
color
d)
hardness
6.
This is the science of classifying.
a)
cryptology
b)
biology
c)
economy
d)
taxonomy
7.
What is the "most specific" level of classification?
a)
Family
b)
Domain
c)
Species
d)
Phylum
8.
This kingdom contains organisms such as trees, plants and shrubs.
a)
Fungi
b)
Plantae
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
9.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things?
a)
Made of cells
b)
Do not reproduce
c)
Responds to stimuli
d)
Grows
10.
Some living things are made of one cell. These organisms are called_____.
a)
Unicellular
b)
Multi-cellular
11.
Some living things are made of many cells. These organisms are called_____.
a)
Unicellular
b)
Multi-cellular
12.
All living things grow and develop.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Not all living things reproduce.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
All living things are made of cells.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Living things do not respond to stimuli.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
A _________ causes living things to react or respond.
a)
Stimulus
b)
Taxonomy
c)
Function
d)
Classification
17.
Responding to the stimuli helps an organism survive by changing the way it behaves or acts.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
All living things:
a)
reproduce, grow and develop
b)
respond to stimuli and adapt to the environment
c)
are made of cells
d)
all of the above
19.
Living things can obtain energy:
a)
a. from the sun
b)
b. by consuming other organisms
c)
c. by consuming water
d)
d. both a and b
20.
Which of the following is NOT an essential characteristic of living things?
a)
ability to grow
b)
ability to reproduce
c)
ability to walk
d)
ability to obtain energy
21.
The process of breaking down food into simple nutrients is
a)
Circulation
b)
Digestion
c)
Excretion
d)
Locomotion
22.
The intake and release of gas is called gas exchange.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The removal of waste is called
a)
Digestion
b)
Excretion
c)
Circulation
d)
Locomotion
24.
The movement of materials (such as nutrients) within an organism is called
a)
Locomotion
b)
Digestion
c)
Circulation
d)
Coordination
25.
The movement of organisms in the environment is called
a)
Locomotion
b)
Excretion
c)
Circulation
d)
Coordination
26.
An organism must be able to organize and control all the processes that take place inside of it.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The ability of an organism to resist and fight disease is called
a)
Identity
b)
Immunity
28.
All organisms reproduce or make copies of themselves.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
__________ involves organizing organisms based on shared characteristics into groups.
a)
Classification
b)
Identification
30.
The part of an organism that you can see.
a)
Internal structures
b)
External structures
31.
The part of an organism that you cannot see.
a)
Internal structures
b)
External structures
32.
Embryonic development is the early development of organisms that reproduce sexually.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Genetics refers to the information that codes for the traits or characteristics of an organism.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
How do we classify organisms?
a)
We group organisms together according to unique characteristics
b)
We group organisms together according to shared characteristics
c)
We classify organisms according to when they appeared on Earth
d)
We classify organisms based on their size
35.
What characteristics determine what an organism looks like?
a)
Internal structures
b)
External structures
36.
What do we consider when we compare how organisms develop early in life?
a)
Genetics
b)
Embryology
c)
Internal structure
d)
External structure
37.
The system of classification we use today was developed by a Swedish scientist named
a)
Carl Linnaeus
b)
Alfred Nobel
c)
Eva Ekeblad
d)
Anders Sparrman
38.
What do we call the groups in which we classify organisms?
a)
Taxons
b)
Categories
c)
Sets
d)
Functions
39.
A kingdom is larger than a domain.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
A species is larger than a genus.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
A _________ is a sequence of paired questions that allows the identification of a living thing.
a)
scientific method
b)
dichotomous key
42.
_________ plants do not produce seeds.
a)
seed
b)
seedless
43.
______ plants produce seeds.
a)
seed
b)
seedless
44.
______ plants produce spores.
a)
seed
b)
seedless
45.
Mosses, hornworts, and liverworts are examples of _____.
a)
Seed plants
b)
Seedless plants
46.
Photosynthesis:
water + _______ + sunlight = oxygen + glucose
water + _______ + sunlight = oxygen + glucose
a)
carbon monoxide
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
nitrogen
d)
helium
47.
Photosynthesis:
6 H2O + 6 CO2 + sunlight = ______O2 + _____ C6H12O6
6 H2O + 6 CO2 + sunlight = ______O2 + _____ C6H12O6
a)
6, 6
b)
6, 2
c)
6, 1
d)
6, 4
48.
Part of a plant that absorbs water and nutrients from the soil.
a)
trunk
b)
crown
c)
roots
d)
xylem
49.
Part of a plant that carries water and nutrients to the branches and leaves of plants.
a)
roots
b)
xylem
c)
trunk
d)
crown
50.
Flowers are bright and colorful so that they ______.
a)
look pretty
b)
make our yard look nice
c)
smell good
d)
attract pollinators
51.
______ is the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma.
a)
Precipitation
b)
Pollination
52.
Photosynthesis takes place in the ____ of a plant.
a)
Roots
b)
Trunk
c)
Leaves
d)
Branch
53.
Invertebrates are animals that ______.
a)
do not have a backbone
b)
have a backbone
54.
One widely accepted classification system divides living things into ____ kingdoms.
a)
2
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
55.
What is correct order for levels of classification of animals?
a)
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
b)
kingdom, phylum, species, family, genus, order, class
c)
class, kingdom, order, phylum, genus, species, family
d)
class, order, family, kingdom, genus, species, phylum
56.
Animals that hunt other animals to eat are called _______ .
a)
prey
b)
omnivores
c)
predators
d)
carnivores
57.
Living plant or animal are ____.
a)
things
b)
organism
58.
Animals that feed milk to their young are considered _______.
a)
mammals
b)
reptiles
c)
insects
d)
amphibians
59.
Mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds are the five divisions of ____.
a)
invertebrates.
b)
vertebrates.
60.
A ______ is a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.
a)
kingdom
b)
class
c)
family
d)
species
61.
Animals have a cell wall.
a)
True
b)
False
62.
Plants can move around in the environment while animals cannot.
a)
True
b)
False
63.
Animal cells have a nucleus which acts as the brain of the cell.
a)
True
b)
False
64.
Mammals are
a)
warm-blooded
b)
cold-blooded
65.
Birds are
a)
warm-blooded
b)
cold-blooded
66.
Reptiles and amphibians are
a)
warm-blooded
b)
cold-blooded
67.
Chlorophyll is where photosynthesis takes place and gives leaves their green color.
a)
True
b)
False
68.
What is the process of grouping things based on their similarities?
a)
Punnett Square
b)
Classification
c)
Taxonomy
d)
DNA
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