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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is NOT true about the way organisms are named?
Genus is written first
Scientific names are made up of a genus and a species
Species is always capitalized
Both names are underlined or written in italics.
Language most commonly used for naming organisms.
Greek
English
Latin
Spanish
Which group contains the largest number of organisms?
domain
family
kingdom
species
Which of the following is not one of the domains of life?
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya
Monera
What do halophiles love?
heat
salt
oxygen
light
Which kingdom does not contain any multicellular organisms?
Animalia
Fungi
Plantae
Protista
Term referring to the two-name naming system for organisms.
binomial nomenclature
dichotomous keying
dual taxonomy
rank grouping
What genus does the amphibian salamander named Plethodon cinerius belong to?
amphibia
cinerius
Plethodon
Salamandridae
Who is this handsome young lad who developed a system for naming organisms?
Hooke
Leeuwenhoek
Linnaeus
Redi
What classification group comes after order?
domain
family
genus
phylum
Term for organisms that have a nucleus.
autotrophic
eukaryotic
heterotrophic
prokaryotic
The science of classifying organisms.
binomial nomenclature
dichotomous key
ranking
taxonomy
Kingdom for unicellular organisms that have a nucleus.
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Monera
Protista
A group of similar organisms that can reproduce and make fertile offspring.
domain
family
kingdom
species
Term for organisms that can make their own food.
autotrophic
eukaryotic
heterotrophic
prokaryotic
Group that comes before a class.
domain
family
genus
phylum
What is shown in the picture above?
binomial nomenclature
dichotomous key
grouping table
taxonomic grouper
Kingdom for multicellular organisms that are stationary and autotrophic.
Animalia
Fungi
Plantae
Protista
Sterile organism that is a combination of two different species.
eukaryote
heterotroph
hybrid
taxon
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an animal?
eukaryotic
heterotrophic
multicellular
stationary
