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Plant Taxonomy and Classification

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Binomial nomenclature consists of

___________ _____________

a)

Genus and species

b)

Species and genus

c)

Family and genus

d)

Kingdom and species

2.

In printed scientific names, only the ______is capitalized.

a)

class

b)

species

c)

genus

d)

family

3.

What is the correct scientific name of the crop as displayed on the above Figure?

a)

Hevea brasiliensis

b)

Vigna angularis

c)

Oryza sativa

d)

Elaeis guineensis

4.

The Father of Taxonomy is _________________

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Robert Whittaker

c)

Carolus Linnaeus

d)

Charles Darwin

5.

Someone gives you two black beetles: Eleodes carbonaria and Eleodes armata. They are both in the same _________________

a)

species

b)

family

c)

order

d)

genus

6.

In the classification of organisms, which is the correct order of ranks?

a)

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family. genus, species

b)

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family. species, genus

c)

Family, phylum, class, order, kingdom. genus, species

d)

Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom

7.

What is the study of classification called?

a)

Kingdom

b)

Taxonomy

c)

Systematic

d)

Binomial nomenclature

8.

What is the most specific level of classification?

a)

Family

b)

Genus

c)

Species

d)

Kingdom

9.

What is the broadest level of classification (aside from domain)?

a)

Domain

b)

Family

c)

Kingdom

d)

Species

10.

Why is classification important to scientists?

a)

It makes them look smarter

b)

It makes it easier to study organisms

c)

Just for fun

d)

To fulfill their responsibility as scientists

11.

Pteridophyta or pteridophytes can be categorized under ____________.

a)

Mosses

b)

Ferns

c)

Sedges

d)

Flowers

12.

Bryophyta or bryophytes can be categorized under __________.

a)

Ferns

b)

Mosses

c)

Sedges

d)

Flowers

13.

Angiosperm is equivalent to _________ plants.

a)

non-flowering

b)

conifer

c)

flowering

d)

grasses

14.

Which one is the characteristic of monocot plants?

a)

It has taproot

b)

It has parallel veins

c)

Two cotyledons

d)

Vascular bundles arranged in a ring

15.

The scientific naming consist of ____________ names.

a)

one (1)

b)

two (2)

c)

three (3)

d)

four (4)