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Classification

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Aristotle's system of classification, animals were classified on the basis of their size and structure.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

In the name of the white oak, Quercus alba, Quercus is the species name.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

A heterotrophic, eukaryote associated with the decomposition of dead organism(s) is a(n) ____.

a)

protist

b)

bacterium

c)

herbivore

d)

fungus

4.

A system for naming species in which two words are used to name organisms is _____.

a)

cladistics

b)

fan diagramming

c)

binomial nomenclature

d)

dichotomous naming

5.

The science of grouping and naming organisms is ____.

a)

classification

b)

taxonomy

c)

nomenclature

d)

phylogeny

6.

The placing of information or objects into groups based on certain similarities is ____.

a)

biochemical analysis

b)

classification

c)

phylogeny

d)

speciation

7.

Group of related species

a)

phylum

b)

order

c)

genera (genus)

d)

kingdom

8.

group of related classes

a)

kingdom

b)

genera

c)

phylum

d)

order

9.

microscopic, single-celled prokaryotes

a)

fungi

b)

plants

c)

bacteria

d)

protists

10.

group of related families

a)

classes

b)

genera

c)

species

d)

order

11.

eukaryote lacking complex organ systems

a)

bacteria

b)

protist

c)

plants

d)

animals

12.

group of related orders

a)

family

b)

class

c)

kingdom

d)

phylum

13.

group of related phyla

a)

kingdom

b)

class

c)

order

d)

family

14.

group of related genera

a)

kingdom

b)

phylum

c)

family

d)

species

15.

The language used for scientific names is ____ because it does not change.

a)

German

b)

Spanish

c)

Portugese

d)

Latin

16.

Aristotle classified plants into three groups based on ____ and ____.

a)

habitat and physical differences

b)

size and structure

c)

size and habitat

d)

structure and physical differences

17.

Aristotle classified animals according to their ____ and ____.

a)

habitat and structure

b)

size and structure

c)

habitat and physical differences

d)

size and physical differences

18.

Scientists use a system of _________ to help understand the relationships between organisms.

a)

naming

b)

classification

c)

organizing

d)

data