WorksheetsTaxonomy
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.
domain
kingdom
species
class
The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:
Geology
Biology
Taxonomy
Chemistry
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
class and family name
genus and species name
domain and kingdom name
kingdom and phylum name
An example of an unicellular organism would be:
monkey
bacteria
spider
human
What kingdom do unicellular, prokaryotic organisms that live in extreme environments?
Animal
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Plant
I am prokaryotic and am found everywhere. What kingdom do I belong to?
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Fungi
Protista
This organism is multicellular, heterotroph, that has a cell wall made of chitin. What kingdom does it belong in?
fungi
plantae
animalia
eubacteria
Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?
Carolus Linnaeus
Aristotle
Charles Darwin
Louis Pasteur
What is the correct order of taxonomy?
Kingdom, pylum, class, species, genus, family, class
Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
species, phylum, order, class, kingdom, family, genus
The diagram shows taxonomic groups and a major distinguishing characteristic of all but two of them. Which characteristics will be used to complete the chart?
nonphotosynthetic - photosynthetic
autotrophic - heterotrophic
no nucleus - nucleus
motile - nonmotile
