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Taxonomy

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following is the correct order for least related to most related?

a)

Domain

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

b)

Species

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Domain

c)

Species

Genus

Family

Order

Class

Phylum

Kingdom

Domain

d)

Domain

Kingdom

Class

Phylum

Order

Genus

Family

Species

2.

Which of the following sets of animals would be the most closely related?

a)

Animals in the same order

b)

Animals in the same genus

c)

Animals in the same class

d)

Animals in the same family

3.

Which of the following sets of insects would be the most closely related?

a)

Insects in the same class

b)

Insects in the same family

c)

Insects in the same order

d)

Insects in the same species

4.

Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain plants with the greatest amount of variety and differences?

a)

Kingdom

b)

Phylum

c)

Order

d)

Family

5.

Which of the following groups of vertebrates would contain the least related animals?

a)

Vertebrates in the same genus

b)

Vertebrates in the same species

c)

Vertebrates in the same class

d)

Vertebrates in the same family

6.

Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain the most related set of animals?

a)

Domain

b)

Species

c)

Family

d)

Order

7.

Which of the following sets of animals would contain the least closely related organisms?

a)

Animals in the same phylum

b)

Animals in the same genus    

c)

Animals in the same class

d)

Animals in the same family

8.

Which of the following groups of fungi would be the most closely related?

a)

Fungi in the same phylum

b)

Fungi in the same kingdom

c)

Fungi in the same order

d)

Fungi in the same class

9.

Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain organisms with the greatest amount of genetic similarities?

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

Phylum

d)

Class

10.

The American lobster (Homarus americanus) is most closely related to which of the following organisms?

a)

Cape lobster (Homarinus capensis)

b)

Common lobster (Homarus gammarus)

c)

Patagonian lobsterette (Thymops birsteini)

d)

Scarlett clawed lobster (Nephropsis atlantica)

11.

Black panthers (Panthera onca) are a color variant of a species of large cats.  Black panthers would be most closely related to what organism listed below?

a)

Tiger (Panthera tigris)

b)

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

c)

Puma (Puma concolor)

d)

Jaguar (Panthera onca)

12.

Which of the following pairs of organisms from the table shown to the left would be the most closely related?

a)

Desert iguana and Box turtle

b)

Chuckwalla and Bush anole

c)

Box turtle and Bush anole

d)

Desert iguana and Chuchwalla