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Classifying Organisms Practice Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What comes after Domain in the classification system?

a)

Kingdom

b)

Phylum

c)

Class

d)

Order

2.

Which list is in the correct order from most general to specific?

a)

Kingdom, class, phylum, order, genus, family, species

b)

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

c)

Class, phylum, kingdom, order, species, family, genus

d)

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, family, species

3.
Which of the following groups has the least variety of organisms?
a)
Order
b)
Species
c)
Kingdom
d)
Phylum
4.
Which of the following is NOT a reason why scientists classify organisms?
a)
To help them communicate
b)
To organize information
c)
Because they are bored
5.
Which word means to organize into groups?
a)
sample
b)
vertebrate
c)
classify
d)
organism
6.

Why do scientists use dichotomous (taxonomic) keys?

a)

to open doors

b)

to celebrate

c)

to identify organisms

d)

to trick their friends

7.

What is the MOST specific classification that humans and tigers have in common?

a)

Class

b)

Kingdom

c)

Order

d)

Phylum

8.

In the chart, the missing classification term is...

a)

domain

b)

species

c)

specimen

d)

common name

9.

The Morpho rhetenor butterfly is shown above. The name Morpho refers to the butterfly's __________.

a)

class

b)

family

c)

genus

d)

species

10.

The scientific name for the dog is Canis lupus. The scientific name for the domesticated cat is Felis catus. Dogs and cats live together, play together, but they do not have offspring together. A cat and a dog can not produce fertile offspring because they are not the same...

a)

class.

b)

domain.

c)

phylum.

d)

species.

11.

Which term is not the name of a classification level?

a)

allele

b)

kingdom

c)

order

d)

phylum

12.

Which is the correct format for the scientific name for the African lion shown here?

a)

Panthera Leo.

b)

Panthera leo.

c)

Panthera Leo.

d)

Panthera leo.

13.

Scientists use the binomial nomenclature to identify and name organisms. All BUT one statement is true about the binomial system of classification. Which statement is false?

a)

The family and species name make up the scientific name.

b)

It is a system devised by Carolus Linnaeus.

c)

The name of the organism is written in Latin.

d)

The system is universally accepted so an organism has the same name to all biologists.

14.

The lion's scientific name is Panthera leo. The leopard's scientific name is Panthera pardus. The tiger's is Panthera tigris. Which statement is true?

a)

All 3 animals share a genus.

b)

All 3 animals share a species.

c)

The 3 animals are genetically identical.

d)

The 3 animals share no genetic information.

15.

What is the phrase the represents the order of classification?

a)

Dear Spaghetti Came Over For Good King Phillip

b)

Dear King Phillip Came Over For Green Soup

c)

Good King Phillip Came Over For Dear Soup

d)

Good King Soup Came Over for Dear Phillip

16.

The image shows the classification of a fox. Using the image, determine the scientific name for a fox.

a)

Vulpes vulpes

b)

Carnivora canidae

c)

Eukarya vulpes

d)

Mammalia vulpes

17.

What is true about the rules to writing a scientific name?

a)

Must be italicized or underlined

b)

The first word must always be capitalized

c)

The second word must always be lower-cased

d)

All answer choices are important.

18.
What does the word dichotomous mean?
a)
Classifying
b)
divided into two parts
c)
What comes next
19.
A specific term for an organism, made up of the genus and species
a)
taxonomy
b)
scientific name
c)
dichotomous key
d)
classification
20.
the process of grouping items based on their similarities
a)
classification
b)
dichotomous key
c)
scientific name
d)
taxonomy
21.

the scientific study of describing, naming, and classifying organisms is called...

a)

taxonomy

b)

classification

c)

scientific name

d)

dichotomous key

22.

the most specific level of classification: includes only one specific type of organism

a)

kingdom

b)

genus

c)

species

d)

family

23.

system for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique, two-part scientific name consisting of genus and species

a)

binomial nomenclature

b)

genus

c)

species

d)

taxonomy

24.

The highest (or broadest) level of classification of living things is called

a)

domain

b)

taxonomy

c)

classification

d)

kingdom

25.
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)
kingdom and phylum name
26.
Who organized living things by creating binomial nomenclature?
a)
Carolus Linnaeus
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
d)
James Watson
27.

Which Scientist is important to the study of Natural Selection and helping us to understand how species evolve?

a)

Bill Nye

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Carrolous Linnaeus

d)

Albert Einstein

28.
The scientific name for water bear is Hypsibius dujardini.  What is its genus?
a)
Hypsibius 
b)
dujardini
c)
water 
d)
tardigrade
29.
An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?
a)
Class Insecta
b)
Order Amblygygi
c)
Order Araneae
d)
Order Scorpiones
30.

A grizzly bear survives because he is well-adapted to his environment. When he reproduces he passes on those traits to his offspring. This process is called

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Selective Breeding

c)

Random mutations

d)

Variations in a species

31.

The peppered moth's color camouflaged it on the light colored tree bark, giving it an advantage. It's color was an example of a/n

a)

Variation

b)

Dominant trait

c)

Recessive trait

d)

Adaptation

32.

If Easter eggs were living species of organisms, their different colors would be considered:

a)

Adaptations

b)

Variations

c)

Different species

d)

Extinct species

33.

Changes in inherited characteristics can cause a species to change into a new one. This change over time is called?

a)

Graduation

b)

Selective Breeding

c)

Revolution

d)

Evolution

34.
What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?
a)
To look different from other species.
b)
To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
c)
To protect itself against predators.
d)
To protect itself against prey.
35.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
36.

Natural Selection is driven by a change in the environment and survival of the

a)

Earth

b)

Fastest

c)

Fittest

d)

Biggest

37.

The more classification levels that two organisms share, the...

a)

easier it is to tell them apart

b)

more characteristics they have in common

c)

more distantly they are related

d)

longer they have been living

38.

The present classification system today uses __________ to determine the evolutionary history of a species in addition to comparisons of physical/structural traits.

a)

comparison of locations of organisms

b)

comparisons of chemical make-up (DNA)

c)

comparisons of movement between organisms

39.

The newest way scientists get information about the evolutionary history of species is by...

a)

comparing the chemical make-up (DNA) of their cells

b)

observing where organisms live

c)

observing what organisms eat

d)

studying how organisms move

40.

What makes the Galapagos islands (Darwin visited in early 1800's) unique and important when studying the idea of Natural Selection?

a)

small size

b)

isolation

c)

young age

d)

large size

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