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Let's Classify QUIZ

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A female tiger and a male lion are mated in a zoo. Which of the following is correct about the cub they produce?

a)

The cub will be able to reproduce successfully with both lions and tigers.

b)

The cub will be classified in a different genus than both of its parents.

c)

The cub is likely to be sterile and unable to have offspring of its own.

d)

The cub will not survive longer than 4–5 years.

2.

Determining the Genus and the Species of a Robin

An incomplete taxonomic hierarchy of a robin (Erithacus rubecula) is provided in the diagram.

Kingdom: Animalia

X: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

Genus: Y

Species: Z

Question: What should replace Y?

a)

Erithacus

b)

paniscus

c)

troglodytes

d)

rubecula

3.

Determining the Genus and the Species of a Robin

An incomplete taxonomic hierarchy of a robin (Erithacus rubecula) is provided in the diagram.

Kingdom: Animalia

X: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

Genus: Y

Species: Z

Question: What should replace Z?

a)

passeriformes

b)

orca

c)

paniscus

d)

rubecula

4.

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, (a)   , Specie

What are the 1 missing taxonomic level?

5.

Use the table to determine the scientific name of a rattlesnake written in the proper scientific format.

a)

Crotalus Viridis

b)

Crotalus Viridis

c)

Crotalus viridis

d)

Viperidae viridis

6.

Which scientist proposed the binomial naming system for living organisms

a)

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Carl Linnaeus

d)

Alfred Russel Wallace

7.

Which of these big cats are more closely related to one another

A. Lions (Panthera leo)

B. Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

C. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)

D. Cougar (Puma concolor)

a)

Lions and Cheetahs 

b)

Snow Leopards and Cougars

c)

Lions and Snow Leopards

d)

Cheetahs and Cougars