WorksheetsClassification Revision
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 51mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?
a)
Plantae
b)
Protists
c)
Fungi
d)
Animalia
2.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
3.
An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?
a)
Class Insecta
b)
Order Amblygygi
c)
Order Araneae
d)
Order Scorpiones
4.
What is the name of bird Z?
a)
Certhidea
b)
Geospiza
c)
Camarhynchus
d)
Platyspiza
5.
What is the study of classification called?
a)
Taxonomy
b)
Geology
c)
Anatomy
d)
Geometry
6.
Scientists classify organisms based on their what?
a)
likes and dislikes
b)
numbers in the wild
c)
age
d)
characteristics
7.
A pine tree is a member of the what kingdom?
a)
Plantae
b)
Animalia
c)
Protista
d)
Fungi
8.
What is a frog classified as?
a)
Amphibian
b)
Reptile
c)
Fish
d)
Mollusk
9.
Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals all belong to which group?
a)
Vascular
b)
Vertebrates
c)
Invertebrates
d)
Nonvascular
10.
Vertebrate animals that nurse babies from mammary glands, have hair and are born alive are called _____________.
a)
Reptiles
b)
Birds
c)
Mammals
d)
Amphibians
11.
Scientists classify organisms to ____________.
a)
Count the organisms quicker
b)
Catch the organisms in the wild
c)
Train the organisms to behave
d)
See how organisms are alike and different from each other
12.
Which is a characteristic of snakes?
a)
Snakes have slimy skin
b)
Snakes use lungs to breathe
c)
Snakes do not have a backbone
d)
Snakes are warm-blooded
13.
Which of the following species name is NOT written correctly?
a)
Animalia Leo
b)
Panthera tigris
c)
Homo sapiens
d)
Musca domestica
14.
Identify the correct order of the taxonomy from largest grouping to most specific grouping.
a)
Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom
b)
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
c)
Kingdom, species, genus, family, class, order, phylum
d)
Phylum, family, genus, species, order, kingdom, class
15.
Almost all bacteria are...
a)
Unicellular
b)
Multicellular
16.
Which two kingdoms are entirely multicellular?
a)
Animalia and Plantae
b)
Animalia and Protista
c)
Protista and Plantae
17.
To which phylum do birds and cats belong?
a)
Arthropoda
b)
Chordata
c)
Echinodermata
d)
Cnidaria
18.
To say that an organism is heterotrophic means...
a)
it cannot reproduce asexually
b)
it cannot make its own food
c)
it cannot breathe oxygen gas
19.
Which kingdoms have some organisms that can make their own food (autotrophic)?
a)
Plantae and Animalia
b)
Fungi and Plantae
c)
Protista and Plantae
20.
True or False: All living things are made of one or more cells.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Choose the correct way to write the scientific name for humans:
a)
homo sapiens
b)
Homosapiens
c)
Homo sapiens
d)
Homo Sapiens
22.
Mold, yeast, and mushrooms all belong to the Kingdom _______.
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Fungi
c)
Eubacteria
d)
Protista
23.
Most animals in this phylum have a backbone.
a)
Arthropoda
b)
Chordata
c)
Annelida
d)
Mollusca
24.
What type of organism makes its own food internally?
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph
c)
carnivore
d)
omnivore
25.
The 2-part naming system developed by Linneus is known as:
a)
dichotomous key
b)
taxonomy
c)
binomial nomenclature
d)
classification
26.
Use the dichotomous key above to classify the unknown organism in the picture
a)
Kentuckyus
b)
Californius
c)
WalaWala
d)
Beverlus
27.
The last level of classification in the figure should be labeled -
a)
Order
b)
Class
c)
Family
d)
Species
28.
What type of animal has dry scaly skin and lays its eggs on land?
a)
fish
b)
amphibian
c)
reptile
d)
mammal
29.
What is the only type of animal that has feathers?
a)
bird
b)
mammal
c)
amphibian
d)
reptiles
30.
What type of animal has fur and feeds its young with milk?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
amphibians
d)
mammals
31.
What type of animal spends part of its life in water and part on land and lays its eggs in water?
a)
amphibians
b)
reptiles
c)
birds
d)
fish
32.
Which type of animal goes through a metamorphosis (body change)?
a)
bird
b)
mammal
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
33.
Which animal is warm blooded?
a)
reptiles
b)
fish
c)
mammals
d)
amphibians
34.
Cold blooded animals
a)
Make their own heat
b)
Are the temperature of their surroundings
c)
Have blue blood
d)
Are a type of plant
35.
This is a
a)
bird
b)
fish
c)
mammal
d)
reptile
36.
This is a
a)
Reptile
b)
fish
c)
amphibian
d)
mammal
37.
This is a
a)
Reptile
b)
Fish
c)
Mammal
d)
Amphibian
38.
This is a
a)
Reptile
b)
Fish
c)
Mammal
d)
Amphibian
39.
This is a
a)
Reptile
b)
Bird
c)
Mammal
d)
Fish
40.
The first part of a scientific name is an organism's _______________ and the second part is its ________________.
a)
species, genus
b)
phylum, order
c)
class, spices
d)
genus, species
41.
Binomial means ...
a)
very small
b)
multiple
c)
two names
d)
organized
42.
Use the dichotomous key to identify the organism
a)
Cornus florida
b)
Ulmus americana
c)
Albizia julibrissin
d)
Juglans nigra
43.
Which frog is most closely related to the Southern Leopard Frog?
a)
Bullfrog
b)
Carpenter frog
c)
There is no closely related frog
d)
Green frog
44.
A goldfish's scientific name is Carassius auratus. What would a scientist in Germany call a goldfish?
a)
Goldfisch
b)
Carassius auratus
c)
Schnell fishy
d)
How should I know, I don't speak German
45.
Vertebrate or Invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
46.
Vertebrate or Invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
47.
Vertebrate or Invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
48.
Vertebrate or Invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
49.
Vertebrate or Invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
50.
What class of vertebrate?
a)
Amphibian
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Mammal
51.
What class of vertebrate?
a)
Amphibian
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Mammal
52.
What class of vertebrate?
a)
Fish
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Mammal
53.
What class of vertebrate?
a)
Fish
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Mammal
54.
A table of arachnid and insect characteristics is shown. Which characteristic could be used to distinguish between arachnids and insects?
a)
Jointed legs
b)
Body segments
c)
Presence of eyes
d)
Presence of antennae
55.
What is the LOWEST level of classification listed?
a)
Kingdom
b)
Phylum
c)
Class
d)
Order
56.
Pick the largest level in Linnaeus's system below:
a)
Phylum
b)
Kingdom
c)
Genus
d)
Species
57.
When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?
a)
physical features
b)
weather patterns
c)
environment
d)
diet
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