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6th Grade Chapter 1A Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A scientific name consists of 
a)
Genus and Order
b)
Genus and Domain
c)
Genus and species
d)
Kingdon and Phylum
2.
 An autotroph feeds on other organisms?
a)
True 
b)
False
3.
Binomial Nomenclature means?   
a)
classification
b)
characteristics
c)
2 name system
4.
A heterotroph means?
a)
feeds itself
b)
feeds on other organisms
c)
2 word name
d)
8 legged
5.
The 2 kingdoms that make up Prokaryotes are?
a)
Animals and Plants 
b)
Protists and Fungi
c)
Archea and Bacteria
6.
What is an autotroph?
a)
an organism that can make their own food. 
b)
an organism that cannot make their own food
c)
Herbivore
d)
Omnivore
7.
Bacteria come in all of the following shapes EXCEPT which?
a)
spiral
b)
rod-like
c)
rectangular
d)
spherical
8.

Which of the following is one of the 3 domains?

a)

Animals

b)

Bacteria

c)

Prokaryote

d)

Fungi

9.

Which domain has organisms that live in harsh environments?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Both

10.

Are archaea multicellular or unicellular?

a)

Multicellular

b)

Unicellular

11.

Are bacteria multicellular or unicellular?

a)

Multicellular

b)

Unicellular

12.

True or False: ALL bacteria are bad and will make you sick.

a)

True

b)

False

13.
What was Linnaeus the founder of? 
a)
Taxonomy
b)
Genetics
c)
DNA
d)
Structure of a Cell
14.

Who was Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?

a)

The Father of Modern Taxonomy. He set up the category

of genus and placed species within it.

b)

The person credited with discovering archaea

c)

The first person to observe bacteria by his invented

microscope

15.

Who was a British naturalist who coined the term “species” and began to develop a system that arranged newly

discovered species by appearance and characteristics

a)

John Ray

b)

Carl Woese

c)

Christian Grahm

16.
The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
a)
Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
17.

A student sorts animals into groups. He draws the animals in one group.

Which animal should the student remove from this group?

a)

fox

b)

bear

c)

hawk

d)

mouse