WorksheetsPlant Taxonomy and Classification
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Binomial nomenclature consists of
___________ _____________
Genus and species
Species and genus
Family and genus
Kingdom and species
In printed scientific names, only the ______is capitalized.
class
species
genus
family
What is the correct scientific name of the crop as displayed on the above Figure?
Hevea brasiliensis
Vigna angularis
Oryza sativa
Elaeis guineensis
The Father of Taxonomy is _________________
Gregor Mendel
Robert Whittaker
Carolus Linnaeus
Charles Darwin
Someone gives you two black beetles: Eleodes carbonaria and Eleodes armata. They are both in the same _________________
species
family
order
genus
In the classification of organisms, which is the correct order of ranks?
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family. genus, species
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family. species, genus
Family, phylum, class, order, kingdom. genus, species
Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom
What is the study of classification called?
Kingdom
Taxonomy
Systematic
Binomial nomenclature
What is the most specific level of classification?
Family
Genus
Species
Kingdom
What is the broadest level of classification (aside from domain)?
Domain
Family
Kingdom
Species
Why is classification important to scientists?
It makes them look smarter
It makes it easier to study organisms
Just for fun
To fulfill their responsibility as scientists
Pteridophyta or pteridophytes can be categorized under ____________.
Mosses
Ferns
Sedges
Flowers
Bryophyta or bryophytes can be categorized under __________.
Ferns
Mosses
Sedges
Flowers
Angiosperm is equivalent to _________ plants.
non-flowering
conifer
flowering
grasses
Which one is the characteristic of monocot plants?
It has taproot
It has parallel veins
Two cotyledons
Vascular bundles arranged in a ring
The scientific naming consist of ____________ names.
one (1)
two (2)
three (3)
four (4)
