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classification of living things

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Scientists place organisms into one of six groups. These groups are also called what?

a)

kingdoms

b)

classes

c)

orders

d)

traits

2.

Which of the following is NOT one of the smaller groups in a kingdom?

a)

phylum

b)

class

c)

order

d)

traits

3.

What is a trait?

a)

smallest one-celled organism

b)

characteristic used to classify and identify a living thing

c)

a harmful effect of some microorganism

4.

Classification is the system used for identifying organisms.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Organisms in the same kingdom have ______________ Charecteristics.

a)

similar

b)

different

c)

many

6.

What do we call the group that makes up of one type of organism?

a)

protists

b)

kingdoms

c)

species

d)

classifications

7.

A kingdom is divided into smaller groups. These groups are phylum, class, order, _______________, genus, and species.

a)

trait

b)

group

c)

family

d)

classify

8.

What are one-celled organisms called?

a)

tiny

b)

microorganisms

c)

nucleus

d)

tissues

9.

Kingdoms that include organisms made up of one cell are bacteria, ______________, and _____________ .

a)

protists, fungi

b)

nucleus, microorganism

c)

class, order

d)

genus, species

10.

What do scientists use to identify individual types of organisms?

a)

similar traits and class

b)

species and genus names

c)

traits and kingdom