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Classification System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The scientific name of a horse is Equus callabux. What is the genus name of the horse?

a)

Equus callabux

b)

Equus

c)

callabux

d)

Animalia

2.

What is the order of the taxon from LARGEST to SMALLEST?

a)

Genus, kingdom, phylum, class, order, species, family, domain

b)

Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

c)

species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain

d)

domain, family, species, order, class, phylum, kingdom, genus

3.

The buttercup would be more closely related to which organism?

a)

Acria robusta

b)

Plantae bria

c)

Ranunculus liberta

d)

Moldova acrius

4.

What is the scientific name of the buttercup?

a)

Plantae angiospermophyta

b)

Eudicotidae ranunculales

c)

Ranunculales ranunculacae

d)

Ranunculus acris

5.

Which taxon would include members from all other taxons?

a)

Species

b)

Kingdom

c)

Phlylum

d)

Family

6.

If humans and snakes are in the same phylum, what other taxons must they be in?

a)

Genus and species

b)

Order and family

c)

Kingdom and domain

d)

Class and order

7.

Which scientists came up with binomial nomenclature?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Linnaeus

c)

Darwin

d)

Woese

8.

Of the taxon listed, which is the most specific?

a)

Kingdom

b)

Phylum

c)

Class

d)

Order

9.

Which scientist more accurately classified organisms by analyzing their DNA?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Linnaeus

c)

Darwin

d)

Woese

10.

Define taxonomy

a)

The study of describing and classifying organisms

b)

The study of the evolutionary relationships between organisms

c)

The study of taxidermy

d)

The study of cells