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Taxonomic Classification Quiz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1-8.
1.

What is the domain that foxes belong to?

a)

Archaea

b)

Bacteria

c)

Eukarya

d)

Fungi

2.

Which kingdom do foxes fall under?

a)

Protista

b)

Fungi

c)

Animalia

d)

Plant

3.

What is the phylum that foxes belong to?

a)

Arthropods

b)

Nadarians

c)

Cordata

d)

Mollusks

4.

Under which class are foxes classified?

a)

Mammalia

b)

Amphibia

c)

Reptilia

d)

Aves

5.

Which family does the fox belong to?

a)

Mustelidae

b)

Felidae

c)

Canidae

d)

Ursidae

6.

What is the genus of a fox?

a)

Felis

b)

Canis

c)

Vulpes

d)

Ursus

7.

What is the species label for a fox?

a)

Ursus

b)

Canis

c)

Vulpes

d)

Felis

8.

What is the scientific name for a fox?

a)

Canis lupus

b)

Vulpes vulpes

c)

Ursus arctos

d)

Felis catus

9.

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

a)

Cladiogram

b)

Cladistics

c)

Taxonomy

10.

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

a)

Kingdom

b)

Domain

c)

Hierarchy

11.

__________________: The second highest level of taxonomic classification.

a)

Binomial nomenclature

b)

Kingdom

c)

Domain

12.

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

a)

Abiogenesis

b)

Biogenesis

c)

Binomial nomenclature

13.

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

a)

Cladistics

b)

Cladiogram

c)

Taxonomy

14.

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

a)

Cladistics

b)

Cladiogram

c)

Bionomial nomenclature

15.

_______________ the evolutionary history of an organism

a)

Classification

b)

Phylogeny

c)

Hierarchy

16.

_________________ Living matter comes from other pre-existing living matter

a)

Biogenesis

b)

Abiogenesis

c)

Speciation

17.

___________________ Living matter comes from nonliving matter

a)

Abiogenesis

b)

Biogenesis

c)

Speciation

18.

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

a)

Classification

b)

Speciation

c)

Hierarchy

19.

______________________ The process by which scientists group living organisms

a)

Speciation

b)

Classification

c)

Hierarchy

20.

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

a)

Speciation

b)

Hierarchy

c)

Phylogeny

21.

Which of these is NOT one of the 5 Kingdoms?

a)

Fungi

b)

Plantae

c)

Linnaeus

d)

Animal

e)

Monera

22.

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

23.

An organism is.......

a)

a person who plays the organ

b)

a part of speech

c)

a dichotomous

d)

any living thing

24.

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?

25.
The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
a)
Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
26.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
27.
Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?
a)
organisms that share a domain
b)
organisms that share a family 
c)
organisms that share a genus 
d)
organisms that share a species 
28.
An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?
a)
Class Insecta
b)
Order Amblygygi
c)
Order Araneae
d)
Order Scorpiones
29.
Which organisms are most closely related?
a)
Equus caballas (Horse) & Equus burchellii (Zebra)
b)
Cyanea artica (Jellyfish) &
Ctenodiscus crispatus (Mud Starfish)
c)
Naja naja (cobra) & Glycine max (soya bean)
d)
Ophiocomina nigra (black brittle star) & Brassica nigra (black mustard)
30.

What characteristics is not used to classify organisms?

a)

Presence of a nucleus

b)

Number of cells

c)

How energy is obtained

d)

animal or plant

31.
A tool used by a taxonomist to identify an unknown organism is known as a __________.
a)
dichotomous key
b)
binomial nomenclature
c)
scientific name
d)
binomial key
32.
Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?
a)
Carolus Linnaeus
b)
Aristotle
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Louis Pasteur
33.
Which kingdom contains members who are prokaryotic?
a)
Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
b)
Archaebacteria and Protista
c)
Eubacteria and Animalia
d)
Eubacteria  and Fungi
34.
Members of this kingdom are multicellular and autotrophic
a)
Plantae
b)
Animalia
c)
Protista
d)
Fungi
35.

What Kingdom do I belong in?

I am unicellular.

I am prokaryotic.

I reproduce asexually.

I am autotrophic.

I live everywhere!

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Archaeabacteria

c)

Animalia

d)

Plantae

e)

Protista

36.
Autotroph or Heterotroph?
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph
37.
Why do scientists use the taxonomic system?
a)
To torture Biology students
b)
To avoid confusion in classifying organisms
c)
Because Linnaeus made it
d)
To place organisms in different groups
38.
Which 2 organisms have the fewest characteristics in common?
a)
2 organisms in the same kingdom
b)
2 organisms in the same genus
c)
2 organisms in the same species
d)
2 organisms in the same family
39.

You find a species that seems to be unicellular and is eating smaller cells around it. It has organelles and a nucleus. Which kingdom is it MOST likely a part of?

a)

Fungi

b)

Bacteria

c)

Protists

d)

Plants

40.

The tendency of organisms that have tendency of

organisms that have favorable adaptations to their

environment to survive and become the parents of the

next generation

(a)  

41.

A broad taxonomic category made up of related phyla;

many biologists currently recognize six kingdoms of

living organisms.

(a)  

42.

A group of organism with similar structural and

functional characteristics that in nature breed only with

one another and have a close common ancestry.

(a)  

43.

A taxonomic category that includes one or more

kingdoms.

(a)  

44.

They are microscopic, single-celled organisms

that exist in their millions, in every environment,

both inside and outside other organisms.

(a)  

45.

WHAT ARE THE 3 DOMAINS OF LIFE

(a)  

46.

WHAT ARE THE SIX (6) DOMAINS OF LIFE?

(a)  

47.

GIVE ATLEAST 5 CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANT. EXPLAIN EACH IN JUST ONE SENTENCE.

4 lines
48.

It is the study of the biology and the evolution of plants in the

geologic past.

(a)  

49.

It is study of plant heredity and variation

(a)  

50.

It deals with the description,naming and classification of plants.

(a)  

51.

The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment.

a)

Botany

b)

Biology

c)

Anatomy

d)

Ecology

52.

The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment.

a)

Physics

b)

Genetics

c)

Chemistry

d)

Zoology

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