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Classification Vocabulary Practice Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Green plants are ____________, which means they make their own food.

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Sexual Reproduction

d)

Development

2.

A change in an organism's environment that provokes a reaction:

a)

Response

b)

Offspring

c)

Stimulus

d)

Autotroph

3.

Reproduction of offspring that

only requires ONE parent:

a)

Sexual Reproduction

b)

Asexual Reproduction

c)

Growth

d)

Offspring

4.

Another name for the "babies" produced by ANY living organism:

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Organism

c)

Offspring

d)

Sexual Reproduction

5.

We cannot make our own food -

we are called ________________.

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Heterotrophs

c)

Organisms

d)

Stimuli

6.

Another name for a single-celled organism: ____________________.

a)

multicellular

b)

incomplete

c)

unicellular

d)

eukaryotic

7.

Organisms with ______________ cells are multicellular.

a)

Many

b)

Animal

c)

One

d)

Plant

8.

This type of cell does NOT have a nucleus: ________________

a)

Animal

b)

Prokaryotic

c)

Plant

d)

Complex

9.

_______________ organisms have cells

with a nucleus and organelles,

and they are complex.

a)

simple

b)

unicellular

c)

prokaryotic

d)

eukaryotic

10.

ALL bacteria are _______________.

a)

Unicellular

b)

Heterotrophic

c)

Multicellular

d)

Sexual reproducers

11.

The two-name system of identifying all living things (binomial nomenclature) uses the _____________ + ____________ to make up the scientific

name of the organism.

a)

class and family

b)

genus and species

c)

domain and kingdom

d)

kingdom and phylum

12.

Which level is the most specific?

a)

Family

b)

Domain

c)

Species

d)

Carolus Linnaeus

13.

To determine which KINGDOM

an organism belongs in,

scientists first consider:

a)

the number of cells in their body

and their ability to breed

b)

the number of cells in their body and their ability to make food

c)

their ability to breed and

ability to make food

14.

Group of genera that share many characteristics

a)

phylum

b)

class

c)

order

d)

family

15.

(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

a)

phylum

b)

class

c)

order

d)

family

16.

In classification, a group of closely related classes

a)

phylum

b)

class

c)

order

d)

family

17.

a group of species that are related; a taxonomic rank below the level of family and above species

a)

genus

b)

species

c)

taxonomy

d)

kingdom

18.

The science of classifying organisms based on similarities and differences

a)

genus

b)

species

c)

taxonomy

d)

kingdom

19.

An animal that does not have a backbone

a)

Vertebrate

b)

Invertebrate

c)

Endotherm

d)

Ectotherm

20.

An organism with a backbone and an internal skeleton

a)

Vertebrate

b)

Invertebrate

c)

Endotherm

d)

Ectotherm

21.

Which are all part of kingdom Animalia

a)

Trees, Leaves, People.

b)

People, Air, Water.

c)

Cheese, Ice, Kaela

d)

rabbits, horses, mice

22.

Classification

a)

groups animals according to the way they move

b)

consists of only one species of organism

c)

groups living things according to similar characteristics