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Classification of Living Things

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which domain is capable of living in extreme environments like hot springs, geysers, or very salty waters?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Archaea
c)
Eukarya
2.
Which two kingdoms are entirely multicellular?
a)
Animalia and Plantae
b)
Animalia and Protista
c)
Protista and Plantae
3.
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
4.
Which kingdoms have some organisms that can make their own food (autotrophic)?
a)
Plantae and Animalia
b)
Fungi and Plantae
c)
Protista and Plantae
5.
Organisms whose cells have NO nucleus are classified as...
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
c)
Dead
6.
True or False: All cells have DNA.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Algae and Kelp belong to the Kingdom...
a)
Plantae
b)
Protista
c)
Fungi
d)
Eubacteria
8.
Fungi are a type of...
a)
decomposer
b)
producer
9.
What is the genus name here:
Canis lupus
a)
Canis
b)
lupus
10.
Mold, yeast, and mushrooms all belong to the Kingdom _______.
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Fungi
c)
Eubacteria
d)
Protista
11.
What tool do we use to classify things?
a)
Camera
b)
Scientists have to tell us
c)
Measuring tape
d)
Dichotomous key
12.
What levels of classification are used in the scientific name?
a)
Kingdom, Phylum
b)
Kingdom, Species
c)
Genus Species
d)
Phylum, Genus
13.
What field of study names living things?
a)
Taxonomy
b)
Taxidermy
c)
Taxi Driving
d)
Namology
14.
What is the largest group of living things?
a)
Class
b)
Kingdom
c)
Phylum
d)
Order
15.
I have cell walls
I am an autotroph
I am multicellular
What am I?
a)
Plant
b)
Animal
c)
Eubacteria
d)
Unicorn
16.
My Kingdom includes mushrooms and yeast!
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Eubacteria
d)
Fungi
17.
How many kingdoms are there?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
6
d)
8
18.

Seaweed, algae, slime mold, and mildew are examples of

a)

Plants

b)

Protist

c)

Fungi

d)

Archaea

19.
I have no cell walls
I am eukaryotic
I reproduce sexually
I am multicellular
What kingdom do I belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Animalia
c)
Protista
d)
Fungi
20.
I am unicellular
I am prokaryotic
I am found in extreme ecosystems
What kingdom do I belong to?
a)
The Candy Kingdom
b)
Kingdom Plantae
c)
Kingdom Animalia
d)
Kingdom Archaebacteria
21.
Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:
a)
dichotmous key
b)
binomial nomenclature
c)
2 scientific names
d)
binomial key
22.

According to this branching tree diagram (cladogram), birds are LEAST related to:

a)

Amphibians

b)

Sharks

c)

Ray Finned Fish

d)

Crocodiles

23.
What is the most specific level of classification?
a)
Family
b)
Domain
c)
Species
d)
Carolus Linnaeus
24.

The 7 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

a)

Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species

b)

Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order

c)

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

d)

Order, Kingdom, Species,Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

25.

When trying to identify organisms, what do we look at?

a)

physical features

b)

weather patterns

c)

environment

d)

diet

26.

Which domain includes all multicellular plants and animals?

a)

Archaea

b)

Eukarya

c)

Eubacteria

d)

Protista

27.

Why have scientists most likely classified archaebacteria and eubacteria together?

a)

They have similar DNA.

b)

They are both eukaryotes.

c)

They are both prokaryotes.

d)

They evolved around the same time.

28.

Which kingdoms contain autotrophic organisms?

a)

Protista and Fungi

b)

Fungi and Animalia

c)

Plantae and Protista

d)

Animalia and Plantae

29.

Which two organisms are least closely related?

a)

two organisms from the same kingdom

b)

two organisms from the same order

c)

two organisms from the same family

d)

two organisms from the same genus

30.
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
31.

Which kingdom is autotrophic AND has a cell wall made of Cellulose?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Fungi

c)

Plantae

d)

Protista

32.

Kingdom Animalia is

a)

Eukayotic

b)

Prokaryotic

33.
Kingdom Archaebacteria is...
a)
unicellular
b)
multicellular
c)
bigger than life!
d)
really pretty, just so pretty.
34.

In my kingdom, we have strange and amazing members that don't seem to fit well in any of the other kingdoms.

Who am I?

a)

Plantae

b)

Animalia

c)

Eubacteria

d)

Protista