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Taxonomy & Classification of organisms

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the correct order of taxonomic hierarchy, from largest to smallest?

a)

phylum -> class -> kingdom -> order -> family -> genus -> species

b)

kingdom -> class -> order -> family -> phylum -> genus -> species

c)

phylum -> class -> kingdom -> order -> family -> species -> genus

d)

kingdom-> phylum -> class -> order -> family -> genus -> species

2.

Which of the following statement is not correct about taxonomic hierarchy?

a)

A class includes a number of different orders.

b)

A genus includes a number of different species.

c)

A species includes a number of different families.

d)

A kingdom is a higher rank than a phylum.

3.

Which scientist proposed the binomial naming system for living organisms?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

c)

Carl Linnaeus

d)

Alfred Russel Wallace

4.

All multicellular organisms that migrate to get to their food belong to which kingdom?

a)

Protist

b)

Animal

c)

Fungi

d)

Plant

5.

What do you call a categorization system that has two names?

a)

binomial theorem

b)

binomial nomenclature

c)

taxonomy level

d)

classification studies

6.

Tyrannosaurus rex is the scientific name for a big dinosaur. What is the name of the genus that this dinosaur belongs to?

a)

dinosour

b)

Tyrannosaurus

c)

rex

d)

animal

7.

Which two organisms have hairs on their bodies?

a)

Bird and Crocodile

b)

Rabbits and Birds

c)

Primates and Rodents

d)

sharks and Rey finned fish

8.

If two organisms belong to the same order, then they must also belong to the same ____________

a)

genus

b)

species

c)

family

d)

class

9.

What is the basis for plant and animal classification?

a)

structural similarities

b)

acquired similarities

c)

environmental similarities

d)

molecular similarities

10.

Because he invented both the categorization system and bionomial nomenclature, this naturalist is renowned as the "Father of Taxonomy."

a)

Hooke

b)

Linneous

c)

Redi

d)

Pasteur