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Classification

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT true about the way organisms are named?

a)

Genus is written first

b)

Scientific names are made up of a genus and a species

c)

Species is always capitalized

d)

Both names are underlined or written in italics.

2.

Language most commonly used for naming organisms.

a)

Greek

b)

English

c)

Latin

d)

Spanish

3.

Which group contains the largest number of organisms?

a)

domain

b)

family

c)

kingdom

d)

species

4.

Which of the following is not one of the domains of life?

a)

Archaea

b)

Bacteria

c)

Eukarya

d)

Monera

5.

What do halophiles love?

a)

heat

b)

salt

c)

oxygen

d)

light

6.

Which kingdom does not contain any multicellular organisms?

a)

Animalia

b)

Fungi

c)

Plantae

d)

Protista

7.

Term referring to the two-name naming system for organisms.

a)

binomial nomenclature

b)

dichotomous keying

c)

dual taxonomy

d)

rank grouping

8.

What genus does the amphibian salamander named Plethodon cinerius belong to?

a)

amphibia

b)

cinerius

c)

Plethodon

d)

Salamandridae

9.

Who is this handsome young lad who developed a system for naming organisms?

a)

Hooke

b)

Leeuwenhoek

c)

Linnaeus

d)

Redi

10.

What classification group comes after order?

a)

domain

b)

family

c)

genus

d)

phylum

11.

Term for organisms that have a nucleus.

a)

autotrophic

b)

eukaryotic

c)

heterotrophic

d)

prokaryotic

12.

The science of classifying organisms.

a)

binomial nomenclature

b)

dichotomous key

c)

ranking

d)

taxonomy

13.

Kingdom for unicellular organisms that have a nucleus.

a)

Archaebacteria

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Monera

d)

Protista

14.

A group of similar organisms that can reproduce and make fertile offspring.

a)

domain

b)

family

c)

kingdom

d)

species

15.

Term for organisms that can make their own food.

a)

autotrophic

b)

eukaryotic

c)

heterotrophic

d)

prokaryotic

16.

Group that comes before a class.

a)

domain

b)

family

c)

genus

d)

phylum

17.

What is shown in the picture above?

a)

binomial nomenclature

b)

dichotomous key

c)

grouping table

d)

taxonomic grouper

18.

Kingdom for multicellular organisms that are stationary and autotrophic.

a)

Animalia

b)

Fungi

c)

Plantae

d)

Protista

19.

Sterile organism that is a combination of two different species.

a)

eukaryote

b)

heterotroph

c)

hybrid

d)

taxon

20.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an animal?

a)

eukaryotic

b)

heterotrophic

c)

multicellular

d)

stationary