WorksheetsAnimal Classification
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
1. What is any living being, plant or animal?
organism
fungi
Animal
plant
What is a class or group marked by common characteristics and comprised of structurally related organisms?
Kingdom
Phyla
Genus
Order
The five common divisions into which natural objects are classified
Kingdom
Phyla
Genus
Species
The highest level of scientific classification (kingdom) to which all plants belong
Animal
Plant
Protista
Monera
The kingdom to which singular celled organisms such as protozoa belong
Animal
Plant
Monera
Protista
The primary divisions of the kingdom Animalia
Phyla
Plant
Protista
Monera
In animals of the phylum Chordata a stringy rodlike structure that is made of tough elastic tissue which is present in the embyro.
Phylon
Cud
Polled
Notochord
Smaller divisions within classes.
Order
Kingdoms
Phylums
Classes
Offspring almost always looking like the parents
Selective breeding
Breeding True
Blood Typing
Monera
An animal that is raised for more than one purpose, e.g. sheep for wool and mutton.
Work
Dual Purpose
Meat
Pet
Choosing the best and desired animals and using those animals for breeding purposes.
Selective Breeding
Breeding True
Blood Typing
Monera
An organization that promotes a certain breed of animal. They control the registration process of purebred animals of that breed.
Kingdoms
Species
Breed Association
Phylon
A system of scientific classification of living organisms that used two names, the genus and the species.
Dual Purpose
Binomial Nomenclature
Breed Associations
Classes
A category of individuals having common attributes as a logical division of a genus; the second name in the binomial nomenclature identifying an organism.
Kingdom
Phyla
Genus
Species
The highest level of scientific classification (kingdom) to which all animals belong
Animalia
Phyla
Genus
Species
The kingdom to which singular celled organisms such as bacteria belong
Animal
Plant
Protista
Monera
The kingdom to which multi-celled organisms such as fungi belong.
Organism
Fungi
Animalia
Plant
The Greek word for race or kind
Phylon
Animalia
Plantae
Monera
Further divisions within phyla or subphyla.
Dual Purpose
Binomial Classification
Breed Associations
Classes
A small wad of regurgitated feed in the mouth of a ruminant that is rechewed and swallowed
Wether
Notochord
Cud
Polled
An animal that is naturally hornless
Wether
Notochord
Cud
Polled
Analyzing an animal’s blood to determine the animal’s ancestry
Selective Breeding
Breeding True
Blood Typing
Monera
A male sheep that has been castrated
wether
notochord
cud
polled
The belly of an animal. In swine, it refers to the mammary system of the female
wether
underline
notochord
polled
Bos taurus is the scientific classification for?
cow
chicken
sheep
horse
pig
Gallus gallus is the scientific classification for?
cow
chicken
sheep
horse
pig
Ovis aeries is the scientific classification for?
cow
chicken
sheep
horse
pig
Equus ferrus caballus is the scientific classification for?
cow
chicken
sheep
horse
pig
Sus scrufa is the scientific classification for?
cow
chicken
sheep
horse
pig
What is the selective breeding of two different breeds of animals to get the best characteristics of both breeds in the offspring?
Purebreeding
Crossbreeding
Line Breeding
