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Q4 Week 1&2 Taxonomy

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth.

a)

Taxonomy

b)

Biodiversity

c)

Species

d)

Kingdom

2.

The term biodiversity comes from the words biological and diversity, and it means __________

a)

"the variety of life on Earth"

b)

"the specific life on Earth"

c)

"the general life on Earth"

d)

"the only life on Earth"

3.

It refers to the variety of habitats, living communities, and ecological processes.

a)

Balance Diversity

b)

Genetic Diversity

c)

Specie Diversity

d)

Ecosystem Diversity

4.

It is a grouping of organisms that can interbreed and are reproductively isolated from other such groups.

a)

biological species

b)

biological class

c)

biological genus

d)

biological kingdom

5.

It is the science of classifying organisms

a)

Taxonomy

b)

Biology

c)

Zoology

d)

Morphology

6.

a scientist first proposed organizing the known species of organisms into a hierarchical taxonomy.

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Carl Linnaeus

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

MJ Pancho

7.

Which is the correct order of classification hierarchy of organism?

a)

kingdom, specie, phylum, genus, family, order, class

b)

kingdom, species, genus, family, order, class, phylum

c)

species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom

d)

family, species, genus, order, class, phylum, kingdom

8.

What is the highest order in taxonomic hierarchy?

a)

Kingdon

b)

Phylum

c)

Class

d)

Order

9.

What is the binomial nomenclature of bobcat?

a)

Canis lupus

b)

Haliaeetus

c)

Lumbricus terrestris

d)

Lynx rufus

10.

Each phylum is divided into classes, each class into _____

a)

Order

b)

kingdom

c)

Phylum

d)

Families