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Classification Exit Activity

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is taxonomy?

a)

The study of DNA and RNA

b)

The study of organisms in their habitat

c)

The study of how organisms are related

d)

The study of classifying and describing organisms

2.

What scientist gave us the classification system we use today?

a)

Mendel

b)

Darwin

c)

Linnaeus

d)

Watson

3.

Choose the order of correct taxa from LARGEST to SMALLEST.

a)

Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain

b)

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

c)

Family, Kingdom, Order, Domain, Phylum, Class, Order, Species, Genus

d)

Domain, Phylum, Order, Species, Family, Genus, Kingdom

4.

What are the 3 domains?

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5.

Which domain is capable of living in extreme environments like hot springs, geysers, or very salty waters?

(a)  

6.

Which domain includes animals and plants?

(a)  

7.

Which two organisms are likely to be the least closely related?

a)

two organisms from the same kingdom

b)

two organisms from the same family

c)

two organisms from the same order

d)

two organisms from the same genus

8.
Almost all bacteria are...
a)
Unicellular
b)
Multicellular
9.
To say that an organism is heterotrophic means...
a)
it cannot reproduce asexually
b)
it cannot make its own food
c)
it cannot breathe oxygen gas
10.
Organisms whose cells have NO nucleus are classified as...
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
c)
Dead
11.
An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?
a)
class and order
b)
family and genus
c)
genus and species
d)
kingdom and phylum
12.
What is the genus name here:
Canis lupus
a)
Canis
b)
lupus
13.

What is the main purpose of classification?

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14.

Which domain is the most diverse?

(a)  

15.

Why do scientists use the scientific naming system?

a)

To create a universal language for identifying organisms

b)

To show how Latin is a superior language

c)

To give organisms multiple names