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Classification

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a category of classification below a phylum

a)

Kingdon

b)

Domain

c)

Phylum

d)

Class

2.

to arrange something into groups according to similarities

a)

Classify

b)

Family

c)

Kingdon

d)

Orginize

3.

the largest division used to classify living things

a)

Class

b)

Domain

c)

Genus

d)

Species

4.

a category of classification below an order

a)

Domain

b)

Family

c)

Order

d)

Class

5.

a group of related plant species or animal species

a)

Family

b)

Cousins

c)

Genus

d)

Species

6.

a large category of classification. Animal, plant and fungus are examples

a)

Genus

b)

Kingdom

c)

Family

d)

Phylum

7.

a category of classification below a class

a)

Kingdon

b)

Order

c)

Phylum

d)

Class

8.

a category of classification below a kingdom

a)

Phylum

b)

Genus

c)

Class

d)

Order

9.

a specific group of plants or animals that have some things in common

a)

Order

b)

Species

c)

Family

d)

Order

10.

the system of classifying living things into categories

a)

Species

b)

Orginize

c)

Kingdom

d)

Taxonomy

11.

Taxonomy is?

a)

one of the three domains of life

b)

the science of classifying and naming living things

c)

organisms with spinal cords in their backs

d)

one of the six kingdoms of life

12.

True or False: An organism's scientific name tells you the family in which the organism belongs.

A

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Organisms are classified based on ________.

a)

the number of them that exists in a species

b)

their Greek names

c)

similarities and evolutionary relationships

d)

the year their fossils are discovered

14.

An organism's scientific name identifies the ________ and the ________ in which the organism belongs.

a)

genus, species

b)

order, genus

c)

family, species

d)

class, order

15.

Which of the following lists the eight levels of classification in the correct order?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

16.

Humans are in the domain____?

a)

Mammailia

b)

Hominidae

c)

Animalia

d)

Eukarya

17.

What characteristics do all organisms in the phylum Chordata have?

a)

They grow in cocoons.

b)

They have spinal cords.

c)

They feed milk to their young.

d)

They lay eggs.

18.

What do sapiens mean in Latin?

a)

wise

b)

ape

c)

upright

d)

brain

19.

Who was Lucy, the Australopithecus afarensis?

a)

A scientists who came up with the system of classification.

b)

An extinct hominid who lived about 3 million years ago.

c)

A paleoanthropologist who discovered an extinct hominid.

20.

Animalia is one of ___ kingdoms of life.

a)

eight

b)

30

c)

one million

d)

six