Worksheets6th Grade Hierarchy Pre Knowledge Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
1. _____________: The branch of science concerned with classifications of organisms.
Cladiogram
Cladistics
Taxonomy
_________________: The highest taxonomic level; there are three: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
Kingdom
Domain
Hierarchy
__________________: The second highest level of taxonomic classification.
Binomial nomenclature
Kingdom
Domain
__________________: The system of naming organisms scientifically, developed by Carolus Linnaeus; consists of genus and species names
Abiogenesis
Biogenesis
Binomial nomenclature
__________________: A branching diagram representing a hypothesis about the evolutionary descent of groups of organisms from a common ancestor.
Cladistics
Cladiogram
Taxonomy
__________________: A classification system based on shared characteristics between groups or organisms and their common ancestor
Cladistics
Cladiogram
Bionomial nomenclature
_______________ the evolutionary history of an organism
Classification
Phylogeny
Hierarchy
_________________ Living matter comes from other pre-existing living matter
Biogenesis
Abiogenesis
Speciation
___________________ Living matter comes from nonliving matter
Abiogenesis
Biogenesis
Speciation
______________________ The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
Classification
Speciation
Hierarchy
______________________ The process by which scientists group living organisms
Speciation
Classification
Hierarchy
_____________________ The taxonomic classification of living organisms in successive levels of complexity and inclusivity
Speciation
Hierarchy
Phylogeny
Which of these is NOT one of the 5 Kingdoms?
Fungi
Plantae
Linnaeus
Animal
Monera
Which of these in the correct order, from LARGEST to smallest?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Species, Family, Order, Genus, Class, Kingdom, Phylum
Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Genus, Species, Family, Class
Species, Family, Class, Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Genus
An organism is.......
a person who plays the organ
a part of speech
a dichotomous
any living thing
Why do we classify things?
Grouping things helps us to understand them better
all the cool people do it
because we're better than every other organism
why not?
