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5.3 Classification of the Biodiversity

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the naming system used to classify an organism?

a)

Binomial key

b)

Dichotomous key

c)

2 scientific names

d)

Binomial nomenclature

2.

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

3.

Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?

a)

Organism that share a domain

b)

Organism that share a family

c)

Organism that share a kingdom

d)

Organism that share a species

4.

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

a)

Class and family name

b)

Genus and species name

c)

Domain and kingdom name

d)

Order and species name

5.

Which of the organisms are closely related

a)

Coyote and Gray Wolf

b)

American Badger and Leopard

c)

American Badger and European Otter

d)

Coyote and Leopard

6.

The taxon with the largest amount of organisms grouped together is

a)

Species

b)

Phylum

c)

Kingdom

d)

Domain

7.

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Henry Groseclose

c)

Michael Majerus

d)

Carl Linnaeus

8.

Which of the following is the rule of binomial system?

a)

If typed, the name must be in Italian font and underlined

b)

The name can be abbreviated if already mentioned before in the same text

c)

Genus name must come first, then followed by species and subspecies name

d)

The species name must start with block letter

9.

What is the other name for domain?

a)

Genus

b)

Phylum

c)

Superkingdom

d)

Family

10.

Which of the following is not under eukaryota?

a)

Wolves

b)

Rhizobium

c)

Felis Catus

d)

Fungi

11.

All organism are classified into how many domains?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

6

12.

All organisms are classified into one of which of the following three domains?

a)

Eukarya, Archaea, Eubacteria

b)

lants, Animals, Eubacteria

c)

Plants, Animals, Prokaryote

d)

Prokaryote, Archaea, Bacteria

13.

Natural classification...

a)

Allows for prediction of characteristics shared by a species

b)

Allows for prediction of total number of species in a genus

c)

Helps with determining the function of adaptations

d)

Helps with identification of species

14.

Which of the following is not considered a phylum in the kingdom animalia?

a)

Porifera

b)

Cnidaria

c)

Bryophyta

d)

Annelida

15.

what are the features of this phylum

a)

xylem , phloem and rhyzoids

b)

vascular tissue, seeds and cones

c)

cones and spores, no vascular tissue

d)

flowers,, seeds and no vascular tissue

16.

Taxonomists classify species using a hierarchy of:

a)

Domains

b)

Classes

c)

Phyla

d)

Taxa