WorksheetsClassification
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
a category of classification below a phylum
Kingdon
Domain
Phylum
Class
to arrange something into groups according to similarities
Classify
Family
Kingdon
Orginize
the largest division used to classify living things
Class
Domain
Genus
Species
a category of classification below an order
Domain
Family
Order
Class
a group of related plant species or animal species
Family
Cousins
Genus
Species
a large category of classification. Animal, plant and fungus are examples
Genus
Kingdom
Family
Phylum
a category of classification below a class
Kingdon
Order
Phylum
Class
a category of classification below a kingdom
Phylum
Genus
Class
Order
a specific group of plants or animals that have some things in common
Order
Species
Family
Order
the system of classifying living things into categories
Species
Orginize
Kingdom
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is?
one of the three domains of life
the science of classifying and naming living things
organisms with spinal cords in their backs
one of the six kingdoms of life
True or False: An organism's scientific name tells you the family in which the organism belongs.
A
True
False
Organisms are classified based on ________.
the number of them that exists in a species
their Greek names
similarities and evolutionary relationships
the year their fossils are discovered
An organism's scientific name identifies the ________ and the ________ in which the organism belongs.
genus, species
order, genus
family, species
class, order
Which of the following lists the eight levels of classification in the correct order?
domain, kingdom, class, phylum, family, order, genus, species
kingdom, domain, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
kingdom, domain, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Humans are in the domain____?
Mammailia
Hominidae
Animalia
Eukarya
What characteristics do all organisms in the phylum Chordata have?
They grow in cocoons.
They have spinal cords.
They feed milk to their young.
They lay eggs.
What do sapiens mean in Latin?
wise
ape
upright
brain
Who was Lucy, the Australopithecus afarensis?
A scientists who came up with the system of classification.
An extinct hominid who lived about 3 million years ago.
A paleoanthropologist who discovered an extinct hominid.
Animalia is one of ___ kingdoms of life.
eight
30
one million
six
