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WorksheetsClassification of an organisms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many Kingdoms are organisms classified into?
a)
4
b)
6
c)
8
d)
10
2.
Taxonomists name organisms based on their Genus and Species.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
3.
Taxonomists give every organism two names in classification system known as Binomial Nomenclature.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
4.
The Animalia Kingdom differs from the Plantae kingdom in that animals have cell walls and plants do not.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
5.
Which tool do taxonomists use to classify organisms?
a)
Periodical Table
b)
Bohrs' Model
c)
Dichotomous Key
d)
Aristotles' Method
6.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
7.
The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
a)
Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
8.
Fill-in-the-blank:
Domain--Kingdom--Phylum--____________
Domain--Kingdom--Phylum--____________
a)
Order
b)
Family
c)
Class
d)
Species
9.
The scientific study of how living things are classified
a)
Taxonomy
b)
Clade
c)
Scientific Name
d)
Derived Character
10.
a key for the identification of organisms based on a series of choices between alternative characters
a)
Clade
b)
Dichotomous Key
c)
Binomial Nomenclature
d)
Parsimony
11.
An organism that is composed of more than one cell is also known as a _____ organism.
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Unicellular
c)
Multicellular
d)
Autotrophic
12.
What domain of classification includes plants, animals, fungi, protists, (all eukaryotes)?
a)
Archaea
b)
Bacteria
c)
Eukarya
d)
Plantae
13.
If an organism is a eukaryotic, multicellular heterotroph, it would most likely be classified in Kingdom _____.
a)
Protista
b)
Plantae
c)
Animalia
d)
Bacteria
14.
Humans belong to this Kingdom of life because they are eukaryotic, multicellular organisms that are heterotrophic. Also, because they reproduce mostly sexually.
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Fungi
d)
Eukarya
15.
Plantae is different than fungi because
a)
plantae reproduces through sexual reproduction
b)
plantae can make their own food
c)
plantae are made up of one cell
d)
plantae are prokaryotes
16.
members of the Plantae kingdom are always
a)
asexual
b)
autotrophic
c)
unicellular
d)
happy
17.
All forms of life are classified into three ________, or groups, based on their characteristics
a)
Taxonomy
b)
Cells
c)
Domains
d)
Organisms
18.
The correct order of classification from the BROADEST group to the most narrow is:
a)
Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
b)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Family, Order, Genus, Species
c)
Kingdom, Family, Order, Phylum, Class, Genus, Species
d)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
19.
Which characteristics best describe the Kingdom Protista?
a)
multicellular, eukaryote, heterotroph and autotroph
b)
multicellular and unicellular, heterotoph and autotroph, eukaryote
c)
unicellular, autotroph, prokaryote
d)
multicellular and unicellular, prokaryote, heterotroph
20.
The 2-part naming system developed by Linneus is known as:
a)
dichotomous key
b)
taxonomy
c)
binomial nomenclature
d)
classification
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