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Classifying Organisms Unit Assessment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the broadest level of classification?

a)

class

b)

domain

c)

order

d)

phylum

2.

What is a subdivision of a family?

a)

genus

b)

species

c)

domain

d)

kingdom

3.

Scientists classify plants according to the structures they have and how they use those structures to live.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Animals that have backbones are called

a)

Invertebrates

b)

Vertebrates

c)

Animalia

d)

Amphibians

5.

Animals without backbones are

a)

Vertebrates

b)

Animalia

c)

Reptiles

d)

Invertebrates

6.

Mushrooms are fungi.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which is the correct domain order when classifying animals?

a)

Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

b)

Order, Class, Phylum, Species, Genus, Kingdom, Family

c)

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

d)

Family, Kingdom, Species

8.

The name that identifies a unique organism

a)

species

b)

domain

c)

genus

d)

family

9.

What does "classify" means?

a)

To place things that share properties together in tissues.

b)

To place things that share properties together in groups.

c)

To place nonliving things that share properties together in groups.

d)

To eliminate things that share properties together in groups.

10.

Having tubes or channels.

a)

vascular

b)

nonvascular

c)

invertebrate

11.

Without tubes or channels.

a)

invertebrate

b)

nonvascular

c)

vascular

12.

Humans are classified into these two groups.

a)

vertebrates and mammals

b)

invertebrates and mammals

c)

vertebrates and reptiles

13.

The top level of the scientific classification system

a)

species

b)

kingdom

c)

order

d)

trait

14.

The bottom level of the scientific classification system

a)

kingdom

b)

order

c)

trait

d)

species

15.
_______ are animals that have dry, scaly skin.
a)
reptiles
b)
mammals
c)
arthropods
16.
_________ are animals that have moist skin with no scales.
a)
mammals
b)
amphibians
c)
arthropods
17.
Insects and spiderlike animals, who have no backbones, are called ______.
a)
arthropods
b)
mammals
c)
reptiles
18.
________ are plants that have tubes in their roots, stems, and leaves.
a)
vascular plants
b)
nonvascular plants
19.
________ are plants that do not have tubes.
a)
nonvascular plants
b)
vascular plants
20.

compares characteristics of unknown organisms to the characteristics of known organisms in order to identify the unknown

a)

observe

b)

dichotomous key

c)

classify

d)

group