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WorksheetsClassification Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
Linnaeus developed an early version of classifying living things by categorizing the organisms as plants or animals. Why is this method of classification not appropriate for today’s understanding of biodiversity?
The world has millions of different plants and animals.
Plants and animals have many different characteristics.
The model does not account for species that are neither plant or animal.
The model does not include the interaction of species with their environment.
Which statement gives a correct justification and procedure for creating a new kingdom?
A scientist creates a new kingdom based on the fact that a discovered organism has characteristics and DNA different from any existing kingdom and this research is supported by other members of the scientific community.
A scientist creates a new kingdom based on the fact that a discovered organism has unique characteristics and he has never seen in a similar organism before.
A scientist creates a new kingdom based on the fact that a discovered organism has characteristics and DNA different from any existing kingdom without the research being supported by other members of the scientific community.
Organisms discovered after 2020 will be placed into a new kingdom because they are more likely to be unique and developed through natural selection.
What question would have led scientists to separate plants and fungi into two distinct kingdoms?
Does the organism grow on the ground?
Does the organism have cells?
Does the organism use sunlight to make food?
Does the organism reproduce?
Aristotle's model for classifying animals separated the animals into three groups. The groups made were land animals, sea animals and air animals. Which of the following questions would help you determine the problem in this classification system?
Do some animals eat plants?
Do the animals in the sea group have fins?
Do the animals in the air group have wings?
Do some animals fit into more than one category?
Jason is making a dichotomous key about snakes. Which of the following statements should he use in his dichotomous key to help him?
The snake is small.
The snake is slimy.
The snake is red and black.
The snake has a skeleton.
A student wants to know if a kangaroo rat (Diapodomys compactus) and a kangaroo (Macropus osphranter) have the same genus. Based on the provided names, what can the student conclude about the organisms and relation to the genus?
Both species have kangaroo in their common name, so they are from the same genus.
Both species have a two-part scientific name, so they are from the same genus.
Both species’ first portion in their scientific name is different, so they are from different genus groups
Both species’ second portion in their scientific name is different, so they are from different genus groups.
A student was walking on the trail outside the school and collected several leaves. The student wanted to know what type of trees they came from and asked her science teacher. The teacher gave her the following dichotomous key to use to help identify the trees.
The student is looking at one of her leaves. The leaf has small tooth-like edges, simple leaves with a jagged edge and the leaves are not needle like. What type of tree did the students’ leaf come from?
Pine
White Oak
Chestnut
Elm
Looking at the leaf dichotomous key above, which of the following statements is true of a magnolia?
Has smooth edged leaves and leaflets are attached at a single point
Has smooth edged leaves and has simple leaves (single leaf)
Has smooth edged leaves and the leaves are needle-like
Has smooth edged leaves and has compound leaves (made of “leaflets”)
Your teacher gives you 3 organisms to study. Organism A and Organism B are in the same genus and the same family, while Organism A and Organism C are in the same family and the same kingdom. Which organisms are most closely related?
Organism A and B
Organism A and C
Organism A, B and C are equally related.
Organism B and C
Which of these organisms are most closely related?
Canis familiaris and Mephitis mephitis
Canis familiaris and Canis lupus
Mephitis mephitis and Canis lupus
Mephitis mephitis and Panthera pardus
