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Science: Classification of Living Things

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tigers, Jellyfish, Gorillas and Sponges are all part of kingdom _______.

a)

Animalia

b)

Plantae

c)

Fungi

d)

Monera

2.

You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?

a)

fungi

b)

animalia

c)

monera

d)

protista

3.

The correct arrangement of classification group is _____.

a)

Kingdom - phylum - order - class - family - species - genus

b)

Kingdom - phylum - class - order - family - genus - species

c)

Kingdom - class - phylum - order - family - genus - species

d)

Kingdom - phylum - class - family - order - genus - species

4.

The correct way to write binomial nomenclature is ____.

a)

Pan Troglodytes

b)

Pan Troglodytes

c)

pan trolodytes

d)

Pan troglodytes

5.
a)

Fagus sylvatica

b)

Ulmus minor

c)

Fraxinus americana

d)

Sorbus aucuparia

6.

Which kind of organism that unicellular, microorganism, and can causing disease is ...

a)

bacteria

b)

mushroom

c)

ferns

d)

mosses

7.

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is ______.

a)

binomial nomenclature

b)

dichotomous key

c)

binomial key

d)

species name

8.

Which of the following organisms are MOST closely related?

a)

organisms that share a kingdom

b)

organisms that share a genus

c)

organisms that share a family

d)

organisms that share a order

9.

organism that their body covered with fur and breath with lungs is ____.

a)

mammal

b)

pisces

c)

reptile

d)

bird

10.

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

a)

insecta

b)

scorpiones

c)

aranae

d)

amblypigy

11.

What step do we always start with when using dichotomous keys?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

12.

When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?

a)

physical features

b)

environment

c)

weather patterns

d)

diet

13.

The organism below belongs to group ______.

a)

echinodermata

b)

cnidaria

c)

porifera

d)

arthropoda

14.

The scientific name for a kangaroo is Macropus rufus, which indicates the kangaroo’s _______.

a)

Class and genus

b)

Kingdom and class

c)

Genus and species

d)

Class and species

15.

Which phrase best describes the two organisms in the diagram?

a)

same kingdom, same species

b)

different kingdom, different species

c)

same kingdom, different species

d)

different kingdom, same species