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Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the language used to give scientific names to organisms?
a)
German
b)
French
c)
English
d)
Latin
2.
This kingdom is unicellular and prokaryotic.
a)
Bacteria
b)
Protista
c)
Fungi
d)
Animalia
3.
Tigers, Jellyfish, Gorillas and Sponges are all part of kingdom _______.
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Fungi
d)
Bacteria
4.
What kingdom is always multicellular, heterotrophic and has NO cell wall?
a)
Protista
b)
Fungi
c)
Plantae
d)
Animalia
5.
Which kingdom is autotrophic AND has a cell wall?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Fungi
c)
Plantae
d)
Protista
6.
What is the difference between Archaebacteria and Eubacteria?
a)
Bacteria is eukaryotic
b)
Archaebacteria is multicellular
c)
Archaebacteria can live in extreme environments
d)
They are the same
7.
You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?
a)
Plantae
b)
Protists
c)
Fungi
d)
Animalia
8.
Moss belongs in the kingdom...
a)
Fungi
b)
Plantae
9.
Algae and Kelp belong to the Kingdom...
a)
Plantae
b)
Protista
c)
Fungi
d)
Eubacteria
10.
The name for the phylum of segmented worms is called...
a)
Echinodermata
b)
Arthropoda
c)
Annelida
d)
Cnidaria
11.
Choose the correct way to write the scientific name for humans:
a)
homo sapiens
b)
Homosapiens
c)
Homo sapiens
d)
Homo Sapiens
12.
Mold, yeast, and mushrooms all belong to the Kingdom _______.
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Fungi
c)
Eubacteria
d)
Protista
13.
Most animals in this phylum have a backbone.
a)
Arthropoda
b)
Chordata
c)
Annelida
d)
Mollusca
14.
Who organized living things by creating binomial nomenclature?
a)
Carolus Linnaeus
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
d)
James Watson
15.
What are the 8 levels of classification of living things from most general to most specific?
a)
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
b)
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genius, species
c)
domain, kingdom, phamily, class, order, family, genus, species
d)
domain, king, phillip, class, order, family, genus, species
16.
The scientific name for water bear is Hypsibius dujardini. What is its genus?
a)
Hypsibius
b)
dujardini
c)
water
d)
tardigrade
17.
The scientific name for water bear is Hypsibius dujardini. What is its species?
a)
Hypsibius
b)
dujardini
c)
water
d)
tardigrade
18.
How do scientists organize living things?
a)
by looks
b)
by shared characteristics
c)
by size
d)
by differences
19.
What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things.
a)
taxonomy
b)
taxadermy
c)
taxicab
d)
toxicology
20.
In a properly written scientific name, which part is lowercase?
a)
species
b)
genus
21.
In a properly written scientific name, which part is capitalized?
a)
species
b)
genus
22.
Who is the closest relative to the birds?
a)
crocodiles
b)
sharks
c)
fish
d)
amphibians
23.
Who is the closest relative to the sharks?
a)
crocodiles
b)
sharks
c)
ray-finned fish
d)
amphibians
24.
A pine tree is a member of the kingdom
a)
Animalia
b)
Protista
c)
Fungi
d)
Plantae
25.
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
26.
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
27.
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
28.
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
29.
How many cells do eubacteria have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
millions
30.
Which kingdom is autotrophic AND has a cell wall?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Fungi
c)
Plantae
d)
Protista
31.
All of the following have a nucleus except...
a)
Bacteria
b)
Animalia
c)
Plantae
d)
Protista
32.
Tigers, Jellyfish, Gorillas and Sponges are all part of kingdom _______.
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Fungi
d)
Bacteria
33.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
34.
This kingdom contains organisms such as trees, plants and shrubs.
a)
Fungi
b)
Plantae
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
35.
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
36.
What is the most specific level of classification?
a)
Family
b)
Domain
c)
Species
d)
Carolus Linnaeus
37.
The method of naming organisms by using two names is known as
a)
binomial nomenclature
b)
dinomial menoclature
c)
dichotomous naming
d)
the scientific method
38.
What is the classification level directly below domain?
a)
Phylum
b)
Genus
c)
Species
d)
Kingdom
39.
What word means change over time?
a)
classification
b)
revolution
c)
changification
d)
evolution
40.
How do scientists organize living things?
a)
by looks
b)
by shared characteristics
c)
by size
d)
by differences
41.
Rocks are not living because
a)
they never move
b)
they aren't needed for humans
c)
they do not do any of the traits of life
d)
they don't break down
42.
Which word means to organize into groups?
a)
sample
b)
vertebrate
c)
classify
d)
organism
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