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PLANT CLASSIFICATION

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

a)

Carolus Linnaeus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Louis Pasteur

2.

What is the correct order of taxonomy?

a)

Kingdom, pylum, class, species, genus, family, class

b)

Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom

c)

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

d)

species, phylum, order, class, kingdom, family, genus

3.

THE SCIENCE OF NAMING AND CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS IS CALLED _______________________________.

a)

TAXONOMY

b)

GROUPING CATEGORIES

c)

ALIGNMENT

d)

ROTATIONAL ORGANIZATION

4.

THE WORD USED FOR PLANTS IN EVERYDAY LANGUAGE IS ITS ________________________ NAME.

a)

BOTANICAL

b)

COMMON

c)

EVERYDAY

d)

NORMAL

5.

PLANTS ARE IN THE KINGDOM ________________________.

a)

PLANTAE

b)

PLANTULE

c)

PLANTDOM

d)

PLANTULUS

6.

Which name starts with a lower case letter?

a)

Common Name

b)

Genus

c)

Species

d)

Vernacular name

7.

Which is the correct order?

a)

Kingdom Phylum Order Class

b)

Class Order Family Genus

c)

Domain Phylum Kingdom Species

d)

Order Family Species Genus

8.

Tick the dicot plants.

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Which is correct scientific name for mango?

a)

Ficus religiosa

b)

Prunus persica

c)

Mangifera indica

d)

Pyrus malus

10.

How many petals are there in Hibiscus

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

8

e)

Numerous

11.

What is the correct scientific name of the crop as displayed on the above Figure?

a)

Hevea brasiliensis

b)

Vigna angularis

c)

Oryza sativa

d)

Elaeis guineensis

12.

Someone gives you two black beetles: Eleodes carbonaria and Eleodes armata. They are both in the same _________________

a)

species

b)

family

c)

order

d)

genus

13.

What is the most specific level of classification?

a)

Family

b)

Genus

c)

Species

d)

Kingdom

14.

Why is classification important to scientists?

a)

It makes them look smarter

b)

It makes it easier to study organisms

c)

Just for fun

d)

To fulfill their responsibility as scientists

15.

Angiosperm is equivalent to _________ plants.

a)

non-flowering

b)

conifer

c)

flowering

d)

grasses

16.

Which one is the characteristic of monocot plants?

a)

It has taproot

b)

It has parallel veins

c)

Two cotyledons

d)

Vascular bundles arranged in a ring