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Taxonomy

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Mosquito  belongs to what kingdom?
a)
Animal Kingdom
b)
Plant Kingdom
c)
Fungi Kingdom
d)
Protista Kingdom
2.
Dandelion, What kingdom does it belongs to?
a)
Plant Kingdom
b)
Animal Kingdom
c)
Fungi Kingdom
d)
Protista Kingdom
3.

Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.

a)

domain

b)

kingdom

c)

species

d)

class

4.

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

a)

Geology

b)

Biology

c)

Taxonomy

d)

Chemistry

5.

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

6.

An example of an unicellular organism would be:

a)

monkey

b)

bacteria

c)

spider

d)

human

7.

What kingdom do unicellular, prokaryotic organisms that live in extreme environments?

a)

Animal

b)

Archaebacteria

c)

Eubacteria

d)

Plant

8.

I am prokaryotic and am found everywhere. What kingdom do I belong to?

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Archaebacteria

c)

Fungi

d)

Protista

9.

This organism is multicellular, heterotroph, that has a cell wall made of chitin. What kingdom does it belong in?

a)

fungi

b)

plantae

c)

animalia

d)

eubacteria

10.

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

a)

Carolus Linnaeus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Louis Pasteur

11.

What is the correct order of taxonomy?

a)

Domain, Kingdom, pylum, class, species, genus, family, class

b)

Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom

c)

Domain, Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

d)

species, phylum, order, class, kingdom, family, genus

12.
Binomial nomenclature is the ____________ system for naming organisms.
a)
Numerical
b)
Symbolical
c)
two word
d)
alphabetical
13.
___ shows the relationship between species
a)
Classification
b)
Visible similarity
c)
Family history
d)
Biology
14.
Binomial Nomenclature uses the __ and ___ name to identify an organism
a)
Latin & English
b)
Class & order
c)
Kingdom & species
d)
Genus & species
15.
Which taxon is broader (more organisms included)?
a)
Phylum
b)
Family
c)
Order
d)
Class
16.
In a dichotomous key, each question contains four choices.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
17.
Which term means "True Nucleus" or cell(s) with a nucleus?
a)
Eukaryotes
b)
Prokaryotes
c)
Multi-cellular
18.
What kingdom's organisms often live in super harsh environments?
a)
archea
b)
animalia
c)
plantae
d)
protista
19.
Mushrooms are an example of this Kingdom?
a)
Animalia
b)
Protista 
c)
Archea 
d)
Fungi
20.

The diagram shows taxonomic groups and a major distinguishing characteristic of all but two of them. Which characteristics will be used to complete the chart?

a)

nonphotosynthetic - photosynthetic

b)

autotrophic - heterotrophic

c)

no nucleus - nucleus

d)

motile - nonmotile

21.

If two organisms belong to the same order, then they must also belong to the same...

a)

Species

b)

Class

c)

Family

d)

Genus

22.

Within families, organisms are placed into groups called...

a)

Genus

b)

Kingdom

c)

Class

d)

Phylum

23.

The more classification levels that two organisms share,

a)

the closer together on earth they live.

b)

the easier it is to tell them apart.

c)

the more related they become because of many shared characteristics.

d)

the more distance is between them due to lack of shared characteristics.

24.

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

25.

Which of the following is NOT a unicellular kingdom?

a)

Prokaryotes

b)

Protists

c)

Archaea

d)

Fungi

26.

Which best explains why a sponge is an animal?

a)
b)

All animals breath and sponges breath

c)

Animals live underwater and so do sponges

d)

Animals are multicellular heterotrophs and so are sponges

27.

Which of the following groups of fungi would be the most closely related?

a)

Fungi in the same phylum

b)

Fungi in the same kingdom

c)

Fungi in the same order

d)

Fungi in the same class

28.

Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain organisms with the greatest amount of genetic similarities?

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

Phylum

d)

Class

29.

The American lobster (Homarus americanus) is most closely related to which of the following organisms?

a)

Cape lobster (Homarinus capensis)

b)

Common lobster (Homarus gammarus)

c)

Patagonian lobsterette (Thymops birsteini)

d)

Scarlett clawed lobster (Nephropsis atlantica)

30.

Black panthers (Panthera onca) are a color variant of a species of large cats.  Black panthers would be most closely related to what organism listed below?

a)

Tiger (Panthera tigris)

b)

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

c)

Puma (Puma concolor)

d)

Jaguar (Panthera onca)

31.

Which of the following pairs of organisms from the table shown to the left would be the most closely related?

a)

Desert iguana and Box turtle

b)

Chuckwalla and Bush anole

c)

Box turtle and Bush anole

d)

Desert iguana and Chuchwalla

32.

What language is used in naming stuff with scientific names?

a)

LATIN

b)

GREEK

c)

ENGLISH

d)

SPANISH

33.

Which two kingdoms were named first?

a)

Animal and Fungus

b)

Archaebacteria and Eubacteria

c)

Protist and Fungus

d)

Plant and Animal

34.

What invention led to new kingdoms being discovered?

a)

X-rays

b)

Radios

c)

Telescopes

d)

Microscopes

35.

Which of these are mostly eukaryotic? (more than 1?)

a)

ANIMAL

b)

PLANT

c)

BACTERIA

d)

FUNGI

36.

A coyote's scientific name Canis Latrans. What genus is he in?

a)

Canis

b)

Latrans

c)

Neither

d)

Both

37.
How many Domains are there?
Name them:
a)
3; Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
b)
2; Bacteria, Eukarya
c)
1; Eukarya
d)
3; Bacteria, Eukarya, Protists
38.
Which domain includes all animals and plants?
a)
Archaea
b)
Eukarya
c)
Bacteria
39.

In a properly written scientific name, which part is written entirely in lowercase?

a)

species

b)

genus

c)

phylum

d)

family

40.

Which organism is most closely related to Quercus rubrum?

a)

Acer rubrum

b)

Quercus macrophylla

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