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Classification RMS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which plant division is characterized by:

soft, small, green and found on the ground near water

a)

Mosses

b)

Ferns

c)

Conifers

d)

Flowering Plants

2.

Which category is above the kingdom level?

There are three of these: Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya

a)

class

b)

family

c)

domain

d)

phylum

3.

This scientistic created binomial nomenclature.

a)

Francis Crick

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Carl Linnaeus

4.

This Kingdom contains eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophs.

a)

Archaebacteria

b)

Animals

c)

Protists

d)

Eubacteria

5.

The classification level that falls directly above genus.

a)

species

b)

order

c)

family

d)

domain

6.

Phylum containing insects, arachnids, and crustaceans.

a)

Arthropods

b)

Echinoderms

c)

Chordates

d)

Annelids

7.

Kingdom that contains organisms that are eukaryotic, some unicellular and some multicellular, and are all heterotrophs. Examples of this kingdom would be mushrooms.

a)

Fungus

b)

Animals

c)

Protists

d)

Eubacteria

8.

The smallest (most specific) level of classification.

a)

domain

b)

order

c)

genus

d)

species

9.

A series of descriptions arranged in pairs that leads the user to learn the identity of an unknown organism.

a)

Punnett Square

b)

Dichotomous Key

c)

Binomial Nomenclature

d)

Taxonomy

10.

A system for giving an organism a two-word scientific name that consists of the genus name followed by the species name.

a)

binomial nomenclature

b)

dichotomous key

c)

taxonomy

d)

domain

11.

Kingdom level that is eukaryotic, autotrophic and multicellular.

a)

Animal

b)

Plants

c)

Archaebacteria

d)

Fungus

12.

A cell that contains a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles

a)

prokaryotic

b)

autotroph

c)

eukaryotic

d)

heterotroph

13.

Kingdom level that is made of organisms that are prokaryotic and unicellular. Examples are things like methanogens.

a)

Fungus

b)

Protists

c)

Animals

d)

Archaebacteria

14.

Phylum level that contains animals such as jellyfish, corals and sea anemones.

a)

cnidarians

b)

arthropods

c)

echinoderms

d)

annelids

15.

Phylum level containing animals that are symmetrical and have endoskeletons. Examples are sea stars and sea cucumbers.

a)

cnidarians

b)

mollusks

c)

arthropods

d)

echinoderms

16.

Classification level that is the second broadest/biggest. Comes directly after domain.

a)

order

b)

family

c)

kingdom

d)

genus

17.

Plant division containing cone-bearing plants.

a)

mosses

b)

ferns

c)

conifers

d)

flowering plants

18.

Plant division that consists of plants produces flowers and pollen. Their seeds are protected by fruits and nuts.

a)

mosses

b)

ferns

c)

conifers

d)

flowering plants

19.

An organism that can make its own food.

a)

heterotroph

b)

autotroph

c)

prokaryote

d)

eukaryote

20.

Phylum level containing vertebrates (reptiles, amphibians, mammals, birds and fish).

a)

Echinoderms

b)

Annelids

c)

Mollusks

d)

Chordates