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WorksheetsUnit 2: Hierarchy of Organisms
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is the correct format for writing a scientific name?
Genus species and written in italics
Genus species and written in bold font
Species genus and written in italics
genus species and written in bold font
Out of the choices, which of the following organisms are MOST closely related?
organisms that share a domain
organisms that share a family
organisms that share a genus
organisms that share an order
Decomposers like mushrooms belong to the Kingdom _______.
Archaebacteria
Fungi
Eubacteria
Protista
If DNA is stored inside of a nucleus, this cell is:
eukaryotic
prokaryotic
unicellular
multicellular
In which kingdom do I belong if I am unicellular, autotrophic, eukaryotic, and like to live in water?
Archaebacteria
Protista
Animalia
Plantae
If two species share the same class, they must also share the same______.
phylum
order
genus
species
In a properly written scientific name, which part is written in lowercase?
species
genus
What do all protists, plants, fungi, and animals have in common?
Multicellular
Eukaryotic
Prokaryotic
Heterotrophic
What level of classification is made up of different families?
Order
Class
Genus
Phylum
What is the broadest level of classification that is of the highest hierarchy?
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Species
Which is the best prediction regarding the current classification system?
The system may change as new evidence is discovered with better technology.
Scientists will become bored with the current system and develop a new one.
In the future, classification of organisms won't be necessary
The system is set in stone and most likely will not change.
As you go down the hierarchy to lower levels, organisms become more closely related and there are ______ organisms grouped in each level together.
more
fewer
the same number of
