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WorksheetsTaxonomy & Classification
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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 domain includes all animals and plants?
a)
Archaea
b)
Eukarya
c)
Bacteria
3.
bacteria belong to which domain?
a)
Eukarya
b)
Prokarya
c)
Archaea
d)
Bacteria
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.
What is binomial nomenclature (naming)?
a)
A two headed turtle
b)
A two name naming system
c)
A two grouped system to classify
d)
A microscope with two lenses.
6.
What taxa are in a scientific name?
a)
Genus and Kingdom
b)
Species and Family
c)
Species and Class
d)
Genus and Species
7.
What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things?
a)
taxification
b)
taxadermy
c)
taxonomy
d)
toxicology
8.
In a properly written scientific name, which part is written entirely in lowercase?
a)
species
b)
genus
c)
phylum
d)
family
9.
In the 8 levels of classification which level is the broadest category?
a)
Kingdom
b)
Family
c)
Species
d)
Domain
10.
Things that are classified together ___________.
a)
are not related to each other.
b)
share a similar evolutionary history.
c)
are larger organisms.
d)
have a different evolutionary history
11.
Who organized living things based on shared characteristics and created a system for assigning scientific names?
a)
Carolus Linnaeus
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
d)
James Watson
12.
What are the 8 levels of classification of living things from most general to most specific?
a)
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
b)
domain, kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genius, species
c)
domain, kingdom, family, class, order, family, genus, species
d)
domain, king, phillip, class, order, family, genus, species
13.
Organisms that belong to the same _________ share the MOST DNA.
a)
family
b)
kingdom
c)
genus
d)
species
14.
Which organism is most closely related to Quercus rubrum?
a)
Acer rubrum
b)
Quercus macrophylla
15.
Which of the following taxa contain the fewest members?
a)
phyllum
b)
family
c)
genus
d)
class
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