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6th Grade Hierarchy Pre Knowledge Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. _____________: The branch of science concerned with classifications of organisms.

a)

Cladiogram

b)

Cladistics

c)

Taxonomy

2.

_________________: The highest taxonomic level; there are three: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya

a)

Kingdom

b)

Domain

c)

Hierarchy

3.

__________________: The second highest level of taxonomic classification.

a)

Binomial nomenclature

b)

Kingdom

c)

Domain

4.

__________________: The system of naming organisms scientifically, developed by Carolus Linnaeus; consists of genus and species names

a)

Abiogenesis

b)

Biogenesis

c)

Binomial nomenclature

5.

__________________: A branching diagram representing a hypothesis about the evolutionary descent of groups of organisms from a common ancestor.

a)

Cladistics

b)

Cladiogram

c)

Taxonomy

6.

__________________: A classification system based on shared characteristics between groups or organisms and their common ancestor

a)

Cladistics

b)

Cladiogram

c)

Bionomial nomenclature

7.

_______________ the evolutionary history of an organism

a)

Classification

b)

Phylogeny

c)

Hierarchy

8.

_________________ Living matter comes from other pre-existing living matter

a)

Biogenesis

b)

Abiogenesis

c)

Speciation

9.

___________________ Living matter comes from nonliving matter

a)

Abiogenesis

b)

Biogenesis

c)

Speciation

10.

______________________ The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution

a)

Classification

b)

Speciation

c)

Hierarchy

11.

______________________ The process by which scientists group living organisms

a)

Speciation

b)

Classification

c)

Hierarchy

12.

_____________________ The taxonomic classification of living organisms in successive levels of complexity and inclusivity

a)

Speciation

b)

Hierarchy

c)

Phylogeny

13.

Which of these is NOT one of the 5 Kingdoms?

a)

Fungi

b)

Plantae

c)

Linnaeus

d)

Animal

e)

Monera

14.

Which of these in the correct order, from LARGEST to smallest?

a)

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

b)

Species, Family, Order, Genus, Class, Kingdom, Phylum

c)

Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Genus, Species, Family, Class

d)

Species, Family, Class, Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Genus

15.

An organism is.......

a)

a person who plays the organ

b)

a part of speech

c)

a dichotomous

d)

any living thing

16.

Why do we classify things?

a)

Grouping things helps us to understand them better

b)

all the cool people do it

c)

because we're better than every other organism

d)

why not?