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Biology Unit 2 Taxonomy

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organism would not fall under domain eukarya?

a)

Animals

b)

Bacteria

c)

Fungi

d)

Plants

2.

Which of the taxa is the largest and most broad?

(a)  

3.

Which of the following is true of the cells pictured above?

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

c)

Multicellular

d)

Unicellular

4.

To which kingdom does this organism belong, based on its cells shown above?

a)

Animalia

b)

Archaea

c)

Bacteria

d)

Fungi

e)

Plantae

5.

Choose all characteristics that are true of protists.

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

c)

Usually multicellular

d)

Usually unicellular

e)

Usually can move via flagella or cilia

6.

Choose all characteristics that are true of bacteria.

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

c)

Multicellular

d)

Unicellular

e)

Can move via flagella or cilia

7.

The father of taxonomy is ...

a)

Carl Linnaeus

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Eric Carle

d)

Charles Darwin

8.

Bird W belongs to which species?

a)

Certhidea

b)

Geospiza

c)

Camarhynchus

d)

Platyspiza

9.

Bird X belongs to which species?

a)

Certhidea

b)

Geospiza

c)

Camarhynchus

d)

Platyspiza

10.

Bird Y belongs to which species?

a)

Certhidea

b)

Geospiza

c)

Camarhynchus

d)

Platyspiza

11.

Bird Z belongs to which species?

a)

Certhidea

b)

Geospiza

c)

Camarhynchus

d)

Platyspiza

12.

Select all organisms that have 4 limbs.

a)

Amphibians

b)

Primates

c)

Rodents & Rabbits

d)

Crocodiles

e)

Birds

13.

What species is the closest relative of amphibians?

a)

Birds

b)

Primates

c)

Rodents & Rabbits

d)

Crocodiles

e)

Sharks

14.

Which species evolved the longest time ago?

(a)  

15.

Which species most recently evolved?

(a)  

16.

Crocodiles should share the most characteristics with which other species?

(a)  

17.

When writing a scientific name of an organism, select any of the following that you should do.

a)

Capitalize genus

b)

Capitalize species

c)

Italicize the genus only

d)

Italicize the entire name

e)

Underline both the genus and species

18.

Domain, (a)   , Phylum, Class, Family, Order, Genus, Species

19.

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, (a)   , Genus, Species

20.

What is the name of the scientific branch that deals with grouping and naming organisms?

a)

Binomial Nomenclature

b)

Classification

c)

Dichotomous

d)

Taxonomy

21.

Name the tool that helps you determine the name of an organism by "filtering" it through a series of characteristics?

a)

Cladogram

b)

Dichotomous Key

c)

Database

d)

Encyclopedia

22.

Name the tool that shows you evolutionary relationships between organisms?

a)

Cladogram

b)

Dichotomous Key

c)

Database

d)

Encyclopedia

23.

An organism's scientific name includes which of the following taxa?

a)

Domain

b)

Class

c)

Family

d)

Genus

e)

Species

24.

Organisms' scientific names are typically written in which language?

a)

Arabic

b)

Greek

c)

English

d)

Latin

25.

The smallest, most specific taxa is ...

(a)