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Classifications and Taxonomy

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is taxonomy?

a)

Process of naming and classifying organisms.

b)

A type of animal species.

c)

A descriptive latin phrase

d)

A one celled organism

2.

What did Carl Linnaeus contribute to science?

a)

The telephone

b)

The binomial nomenclature

c)

The punnett square.Punnett

d)

The theory of evolution

3.

A one celled organism is called

(a)  

4.

What are the 8 categories of the Linnaeus System?

4 lines
5.

What does mellifera mean in Latin?

a)

Bee

b)

Honey

c)

Badger

d)

Chiefs

6.

Multicellular means

a)

one celled organism

b)

two celled organism

c)

many celled organism

d)

no celled organism

7.

A eukaryote organism has a what?

a)

No nucleus

b)

Nucleus

8.

A prokaryote is defined by having no what?

a)

Brain

b)

Cell wall

c)

Cell membrane

d)

Nucleus

9.

Asexual reproduction requires what?

a)

Two parents

b)

One Parent

10.

Sexual reproduction requires what?

a)

Two parents

b)

One Parent

c)

No parents

d)

I don't know

11.

An invertebrate specifically is characterized by having what?

a)

no backbone

b)

a tail

c)

backbone

12.

A vertebrate has a what?

(a)  

13.

Which is a sub-category of Domain?

a)

Plantae

b)

Animalia

c)

Bacteria

d)

Fungi

14.

Which kingdom do heat-loving bacteria belong to?

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Archaebacteria

c)

Animalia

d)

Fungi

15.

Which kingdom do cold-loving bacteria belong?

a)

Archaebacteria

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Plantae

d)

Animalia

16.

What are the six kingdoms?

4 lines
17.

What is a type of Archaebacteria?

a)

Protista

b)

Algae

c)

Methanogens

d)

Chlorophyll

18.

The kingdom Fungi is known as

a)

Decomposer

b)

Consumer

c)

Producer

d)

All of the above

19.

Kingdom Plantae is the only kingdom that has organisms that contain what in their cell?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Mitochondira

c)

Protist

d)

Plasma

20.

A dicot has

a)

one seed leaf

b)

two seed leaves

c)

no seed leaves

d)

no seed at all

21.

A monocot has a

a)

one seed leaf

b)

two seed leaf

c)

no seed leaf

d)

no seed at all

22.

A plant where the seeds grow inside an ovary.

a)

Gymnosperm

b)

Cladogram

c)

Dicot

d)

Angiosperm

23.

What helps identify organisms that are already classified

a)

Phylogenic tree

b)

Cladogram

c)

Punnett Square

d)

Dichotomous Key

24.

What are the 7 levels of taxonomy?

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25.

A phylogenetic tree that groups organisms by shared derived characteristics is called what?

a)

Cladogram

b)

Dichotomous key

c)

Parallelogram

d)

Taxonomy

26.

Ancestral relationships are shown between species using what?

a)

Cladogram

b)

Dichotomous Key

c)

Phylogeny

d)

Taxonomy

27.

Binomial nomenclature means what?

a)

one word naming system

b)

two word naming system

c)

taxonomic phrase

d)

polynomials