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Classification

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 4hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which kingdom includes organisms that are prokaryotic, unicellular, asexual, and live in harsh environments?

(a)  

2.

Which kingdom includes organisms that are prokaryotic, unicellular, asexual, and DO NOT live in harsh environments?

(a)  

3.

Which of the kingdoms include organisms that are prokaryotic?

a)

eubacteria

b)

archaebacteria

c)

animalia

d)

plantae

e)

protista

4.

All protisas live...

a)

in water

b)

on land

c)

in harsh environments

d)

in trees

5.

Which kingdom includes organisms that are eukaryotic, multi/unicellular, asexual, and do not have a cell wall?

(a)  

6.

Which kingdom includes organisms that are eukaryotic, multicellular (except for one), hetero, sexual and asexual, and have a cell wall made of chitin?

(a)  

7.

Which kingdom includes organisms that are eukaryotic, multicellular, digestive hetero, mostly sexual, and do not have a cell wall?

(a)  

8.

Which kingdom includes organisms that are eukaryotic, multicellular, autotrophic, sexual, and have a cell wall made out of cellulose?

(a)  

9.

How many known species have been classified?

a)

13 billion

b)

4 billion

c)

120,000,000

d)

45,000

10.

Of the known species that have been classified, this is only _ of organisms that have ever lived.

a)

10%

b)

3%

c)

5%

d)

2%

11.

the arrangement of organisms into groups based on their similarities

a)

taxonomy

b)

binomial nomenclature

c)

classification

d)

misonomer

12.

scientists who classify organisms

a)

taxonomy

b)

biologists

c)

taxoneemists

d)

taxonomists

13.

What are the benefits of taxonomy?

a)

accurate names

b)

uniform names across languages

c)

prevents misonomers

d)

allows misonomers

14.

Who started taxonomy?

a)

John Ray

b)

Linnaeus

c)

Socrates

d)

Aristotle

15.

Which questions were asked in the earliest form of classification?

a)

Is it an animal?

b)

Does it live in water?

c)

Is it a plant?

d)

What kind of habitat does it live in?

16.

Who was the first to use Latin names, but made them too long?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Michelangelo

c)

John Ray

d)

Watson Cricks

e)

Linnaeus

17.

Who is considered the father of taxonomy?

a)

Linnaeus

b)

Aristotle

c)

John Ray

d)

Billy Nordack

18.

Linnaeus came up with (a)   which was a two word name for each species.

19.

Binomial nomenclature was formatted in what ways?

a)

italicized

b)

genus and species

c)

only species

d)

underlined in handwriting

e)

bolded

20.

Which formatting is correct?

a)

Panthera Uncia

b)

Panthera/uncia

c)

Panthera uncia

d)

Panthera uncia

21.

Organisms that have the same ___ are more closely related.

a)

Kingdom

b)

Family

c)

Genus

d)

Habitat

22.

What is the very first classification?

a)

Kingdom

b)

Domain

c)

Family

d)

Species

23.

Which classification list is in the correct order?

a)

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

b)

Kingdom, Domain, Phylum, Class, Family, Order, Genus, Species

c)

Species, Genus, Domain, Phylum, Class, Order, Kingdom, Domain

d)

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, Family, Species

24.

prokaryotes...

a)

have a nucleus

b)

do not have a nucleus

25.

Eukaryotes...

a)

have a nucleus

b)

do not have a nucleus

26.

Which are domains?

a)

Plantae

b)

Archae

c)

Bacteria

d)

Eukarya

e)

Prokarya

27.

What is a diagram that depicts evolutionary relationships among groups based on their traits?

a)

dichotomous key

b)

cladogram

c)

phylogenetic tree

d)

none of these

28.

By viewing the cladogram, what is characteristic F?

a)

legs

b)

wings

c)

antennae

d)

meat eater

29.

What do all of these organisms have?

a)

eggs with shells

b)

hair

c)

bony skeletons

d)

vertebrae

30.

Which organism shows the closet relation to the bird?

a)

crocodile

b)

shark

c)

primates

d)

rodents/rabbits

31.

Which organism is the fly the closest related to?

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Butterfly

c)

worm

d)

spider

32.

Which is true?

a)

The amphibians are more closely relates to the ray-finned fish than it is to the primates.

b)

The primates are more closely related to the bird than to the rodents and rabbits.

c)

The primates are more closely related to the rodents and rabbits than to the amphibians.

33.

Which statement is true?

a)

The fly is equally related to the dragonfly and the butterfly.

b)

The dragonfly is equally related to the butterfly as it is to the fly.

c)

The grasshopper is equally related to the ant as it is to the worm.

d)

The butterfly is the common ancestor.

34.

What is the most recent common ancestor of a mushroom and a sponge?

(a)  

35.

Which of the four trees depicts a different pattern of relationship than the others?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

36.

the evolutionary history of an organism

a)

taxonomy

b)

phylogeny

c)

common ancestor

d)

trait

37.

two formations that are similar in function, but not in structure

a)

analogous

b)

traits

c)

evolutionary similarities

d)

homologous

38.

Which is the most limiting level of classification?

a)

class

b)

genus

c)

order

d)

species

39.

Which group has the most diversity?

a)

kingdom

b)

species

c)

domain

d)

order

40.

What can we infer about bacteria based upon the illustration?

a)

There is only one kingdom within the domain of bacteria

b)

There are three kingdoms with the domain bacteria

c)

There is one domain within the kingdom bacteria

d)

There are three domains within the kingdom bacteria

41.

A scientist is grouping organisms into a kingdom. All of the organisms are eukaryotic, nearly all are multicellular, and they are non-photosynthetic. To which kingdom are they being classified to?

a)

protists

b)

fungi

c)

plantae

d)

animalia

42.

One type of organism has some photosynthetic members but is primarily unicellular. They do have a true nucleus and organelles. Into which kingdom does this organism most likely belong?

a)

protists

b)

fungi

c)

plantae

d)

animalia

43.

Which of the following is NOT used to determine the phyla to which a plant belongs?

a)

Absence of a vascular system

b)

Presence of seeds

c)

Presence of chloroplasts

d)

Absence of flowers

44.

How many derived characteristics separate Drimys from Pseudowintera?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

45.

Drimys is a genus of plant. How can it be determined using only this cladogram that Drimys is not a species?

a)

it is italicized

b)

it is capitalized

c)

it is not binomial nomenclature

d)

it cannot be determined solely from this image

46.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the presence of a backbone within animal phyla?

a)

The majority of animal phyla have a backbone

b)

35 out of 36 phyla are invertebrates

c)

35 out of 36 phyla are vertebrate

d)

the ratio of vertebrate to invertebrate phyla is 50/50

47.

An animal lacking a backbone

(a)  

48.

an animal that has a backbone

(a)  

49.

Which of the following traits do chimpanzees and perch have in common?

a)

lungs, claws/nails, fur

b)

jaws, lungs

c)

jaws

d)

jaws, lungs, feathers, claws/nails

50.

What is a diagram that shows the evolutionary similarities based on their common ancestors and time scale?

a)

cladogram

b)

dichotomous key

c)

phylogenetic tree

d)

pedigrees

51.

What is the oldest domain?

a)

Archae

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Bacteria

d)

Eukayra

52.

What kingdoms have organisms that can do photosynthesis?

a)

fungi

b)

plants

c)

protists

d)

eubacteria

e)

archaebacteria