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Scientific Names

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which scientific name is TYPED correctly

a)

carcharhinus melanopterus

b)

Carcharhinus Melanopterus

c)

Carcharhinus melanopterus

d)

Carcharhinus melanopterus

2.

Which scientific name is HANDWRITTEN correctly?

a)

Hippocampus bargibanti

b)

Hippocampus bargibanti

c)

Hippocampus Bargibanti

d)

hippocampus bargibanti

3.

Which taxa are used in a scientific name?

a)

Domain

b)

Genus

c)

Phylum

d)

Species

e)

Class

4.

What is the largest taxa?

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

Genus

d)

Species

5.

What is the smallest taxa?

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

Genus

d)

Species

6.

How many different organisms belong to a species?

a)

10

b)

5

c)

2

d)

1

7.

Who started classifying organisms?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Carl Linnaeus

c)

Peter Pan

d)

Marie Curie

8.

How many levels of classification are there?

a)

8

b)

7

c)

6

d)

5

9.

This scientific name is HANDWRITTEN correctly.

Phoca Vitulina

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

This scientific name is TYPED correctly.

Orcinus orca

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

What language is used to create scientific names?

a)

English

b)

Greek

c)

Latin

d)

French

12.

Scientists who classify organisms are known as taxonomists.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE