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WorksheetsQ6: Chapter 6 quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is the system of organizing and classifying organisms called?
Toxicology
Taxonomy
Tax collection
Taxidermy
Scientific naming of organisms follow what formula?
Domain Kingdom
Genus species
Phylum Kingdom
First name Last name
Family Species
If a species is named Vulpes lagopus, what part of the hierarchy is Vulpes?
Species
Genus
Kingdom
Phylum
Order
What are the remains of once living organisms found in layers of rock called?
Fossil
Food
Tissue
Dirt
Which of the following are examples of fossils? (Check all that apply)
A dinosaur skeleton
A dinosaur egg
The skeleton of a rat that died yesterday
Wooly mammoth footprints
A Velociraptor claw
What is the human practice of breeding animals or plants to have certain desired traits called?
Natural Selection
Secretive Breeding
Selective Breeding
Survival of the Fittest
What type of birds did Darwin study in the Galapagos Islands?
Eagles
Finches
Sparrows
Seagulls
What are the three basic steps for Speciation? (Check 3)
Adaptation
Division
Assimilation
Absorption
Separation
What are characteristics that help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment called?
Mutations
Qualities
Novels
Adaptations
Simulations
What is the natural process where individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully?
Selective Breeding
Inbreeding
Natural Selection
Extinction
What is the broadest classification in taxonomy?
Kingdom
Order
Species
Family
Domain
If an organism is called Panthera leo, what does the leo signify?
Species
Genus
Kingdom
Its zodiac sign
Class
