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Unit 1 Classification Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process of arranging organisms into groups, based on their similarities?

a)

Grouping

b)

Organizing

c)

Classification

2.

WHY do we need to classify organisms?

a)

It makes the organisms feel included

b)

It makes organisms easier to identify and study

c)

Because it’s fun

3.

WHO created the 7 level system of classification we use today?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Aristotle

c)

Linnaeus

4.

What is the BRANCH OF SCIENCE that classifies organisms?

a)

Taxonomy

b)

Biology

c)

Chemistry

5.

What is the broadest (largest) level of classification under the Linnaean system?

a)

Phylum

b)

Species

c)

Kingdom

6.

What is the most specific (narrowed down) level of classification under the Linnaean system?

a)

Species

b)

Class

c)

Genus

7.

Only two levels of classification are used to find the scientific name of an organism... what are they?

a)

Kingdom and Phylum

b)

Genus and Species

c)

Class and Order

8.

True or False: 

Binomial nomenclature is a two name system used to write the scientific name of an organism

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is the name of an organism that can make its own food?

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Autotroph

c)

Eukaryote

10.

True or False:

A heterotroph is an organism that can make its own food

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What are the 6 Kingdoms of Life?

a)

Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia

b)

Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, Fungi, Kingdom, Species, Genus

c)

Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Genus, Family, Archaebacteria

12.

Which kingdom do mushrooms, mold and yeast belong to?

a)

Animalia

b)

Plantae

c)

Fungi

13.

Which kingdom is known as Nature’s Junk Drawer?

a)

Fungi

b)

Protista

c)

Eubacteria

14.

Which kingdom would a sunflower belong to?

a)

Plantae

b)

Fungi

c)

Protista

15.

True or False:

Archaebacteria is found in extreme environments

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What is the smallest basic unit of life?

a)

A eukaryote

b)

An organism

c)

A cell

17.

What do we call an organism that contains cells WITHOUT a nucleus?

a)

Eukaryote

b)

Prokaryote

c)

Protist

18.

True or False:

A Eukaryote is an organism with cells that DO contain a nucleus

a)

True

b)

False

19.

You are given the following information about a sea otter:

Its Genus = Enhydra  

Its species = lutris

Using the above information only, what is a correct way to write the scientific name for a sea otter?

a)
b)
c)
20.

BONUS: What is another acceptable form of the scientific name for a sea otter?

a)
b)
c)
21.

BONUS: Write the seven levels of classification in the Linnaean system, in the correct order.

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