WorksheetsCLASSIFYING LIFE
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 21mins
Identifying and organizing is not important to managing God’s creation.
True
False
In Genesis 2, God ______ Adam to name the animals.
helped
commanded
asked
(a) is the science of classifying organisms.
Which of the following is true of taxonomic kingdoms?
Their number may change in the light of new information.
They are the highest level of taxon within the current classification system.
Both A and B
Neither A and B
Cladistic attempts to
group organisms according to their evolutionary history.
group organisms according to their created kinds.
assign scientific names to organisms.
Baraminologists represent the diversity within biological kinds as _______.
a phylogenetic tree
a clade
an orchard of life
The modern taxonomic system is a hierarchical system in which each level of classification consists of increasingly specific groups.
True
False
The term species is hard to define because there are exceptions to every definition.
True
False
An organism’s DNA allows for a great deal of variation, but there is no evidence that any organism is now evolving or has evolved into a different kind of organism.
True
False
He is known as the Father of a modern taxonomy.
(a)
In binomial nomenclature, the first part of a scientific name gives the ______, while the second identifies its ______.
genus - species
genus - family
species - genus
Each group in a classification system is called a(n) ______.
taxi
taxon
taxes
A species may consist of two or more _______.
varieties
offspring
parents
On a phylogenetic tree, all organisms that have supposedly evolved from a common ancestor are collectively known as a(n) _______.
clade
group
extinct
There are (a) levels of taxonomic classification.
