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classification Unit

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do dogs and flowering trees have in common?

a)

Both are eukaryotic organisms

b)

One is not a eukaryotic organism.

c)

Both are autotrophic

d)

All are heterotrophic that use organix carbon for growth.

2.

Which domains contain a nucleus?

a)

Eukarya

b)

Bacteria

c)

Archaea

3.

What is the name of the system that assigns each species a unique name?

a)

Taxonomic

b)

numeric

c)

geographic

d)

chronological

4.

Why are dichotomous keys helpful to scientists?

a)

They determine what species eat.

b)

They show how organisms are related.

c)

They help determine where organisms live.

d)

They are of no help to scientists.

5.

The Linnaean classification system classifies organisms from broadest to most specific in the following order:

a)

domain-->kingdom-->phylum-->class-->order--->family-->genus-->species

b)

domain-->kingdom--> class-->order-->family-->genus--->species

c)

phylum--> order-->species--->genus-->kingdom--> class--->family

d)

class--->species--->genus---->phylum--->family--->order--->kingdom

6.

Why do we have a taxonomic system?

a)

to determine the biochemistry of different organisms.

b)

to organize and identify organisms.

c)

to magnify living organisms.

d)

to look at pictures of organisms.

7.

The broadest taxonomic level of classification is the

a)

class.

b)

phylum.

c)

kingdom.

d)

domain.

8.

The Animalia kingdom is unlike the protista kingdom because

a)

animals are complex and photosynthetic.

b)

animals are all mobile and autotrophic.

c)

animals do not have a cell wall and have more complexity.

d)

animals have cell walls.

9.

Amoebas and paramecia both are organisms found in which kingdom?

a)

Archaeabacteria

b)

Fungi

c)

Plantae

d)

Protista

10.

Prokaryotic cells are different than eukaryotic cells because they do not contain a nucleus and are

a)

complex.

b)

mobile.

c)

acidic.

d)

small and less complex.

11.

Which kingdom contains unicellular organisms that live in extreme conditions?

a)

plantae

b)

animalia

c)

archaeabacteria

d)

protista

12.

Which kingdom contains yeast, mushrooms, mold, and mildew and can cause irritations of the skin?

a)

Protista

b)

Fungi

c)

Plantae

d)

Eubacteria

13.

Which type of cells do not contain a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles?

a)

Plant cell

b)

Animal cell

c)

Prokaryotic cell

d)

Eukaryotic cell

14.

What is the name of an organism that makes its own food?

a)

carnivores

b)

autotrophs

c)

heterotrophs

d)

omnivores

15.

The Animalia tzxonomic group (kingdom) are all classified as

a)

unicellylar autotrophs

b)

unicellular heterotrophs

c)

multicellular heterotrophs

d)

multicellular autotrophs