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Classification Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What scientist is known as the Father of Taxonomy for his development of the classification system?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Carl Linnaeus

d)

Thomas Edison

2.

Which 2 Kingdoms include organisms that are always multicellular?

a)

Protista and Fungi

b)

Plantae and Animalia

3.

Organisms from this Kingdom can live in poisonous or harsh conditions

a)

Fungi

b)

Protista

c)

Archaebacteria

d)

Eubacteria

4.

Organisms from this Kingdom include mushrooms, yeasts, and molds

a)

Fungi

b)

Animalia

c)

Protista

d)

Plantae

5.

Organisms from these 2 Kingdoms do not have a true or well-defined nucleus

a)

Plantae and Animalia

b)

Eubacteria and Archaebacteria

c)

Protista and Fungi

6.

In these 2 Kingdoms, some of the organisms are multicellular and some are unicellular

a)

Animalia and Plantae

b)

Eubacteria and Archaebacteria

c)

Protista and Fungi

7.

The organisms in these 2 Kingdoms are always unicellular

a)

Eubacteria and Archaebacteria

b)

Protista and Fungi

c)

Animalia and Plantae

8.

Organisms in this Kingdom make their own food

a)

Animalia

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Protista

d)

Plantae

9.

The following is an example of an organism from Kingdom Protista

a)

Protozoan

b)

Maple Tree

c)

Mushroom

d)

Yeast

10.

The following is an example from Kingdom Protista

a)

Mold

b)

Lion

c)

Yeast

d)

Algae

11.

The organisms from this Kingdom absorb their food

a)

Animalia

b)

Protista

c)

Fungi

d)

Eubacteria

12.

What 2 parts of the classification system make up the scientific name?

a)

Genus species

b)

class and phylum

c)

animalia and plantae

d)

class and order

13.

Carl Linnaeus based his classification system on common

a)

words

b)

names

c)

characteristics

d)

colors

14.

True or False: Humans are no different than animals

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What is the smallest living thing?

a)

yeast

b)

algae

c)

mold

d)

bacteria

16.

True or False: Most bacteria are good and can live in the intestines to keep us healthy.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The largest level in the classification system that we are studying is

a)

Class

b)

Order

c)

Kingdom

d)

Phylum

18.

Scientific names (genus species) are always in what language?

a)

French

b)

Latin

c)

English

d)

Spanish

19.

True or False: The scientific name (genus species) is specific to 1 organism and avoids confusion.

a)

True

b)

False