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Classification

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
2.
A dichotomous key for insects is given. To what order does an insect with two pairs of scaly wings belong?
a)
Coleoptera
b)
Heteroptera
c)
Diptera
d)
Lepidoptera
3.
A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?
a)
Juniper
b)
Pine
c)
Spruce
d)
Fir
4.
Molds, yeast, and mushroom belong to kingdom:
a)
Eubacteria
b)
Archaebacteria
c)
Protista
d)
Fungi
5.
In a dichotomous key, each question contains four choices.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
6.

Name the groups that we use to classify vertebrate animals

a)

Goats, Sharks, Amphibians, and Panda's

b)

Reptiles and Mammals

c)

Mammalia, Aves(birds), Reptilia, Amphibia, and Pisces (fish)

7.

Which group of animals are warm blooded?

a)

Aves (birds) and Mammalia

b)

Reptilia and Amphibia

c)

Mammalia and Pisces (fish)

8.

Which animal group drinks its mother's milk?

a)

Reptiles

b)

Birds

c)

Mammals

9.

Which animal group is covered in feathers?

a)

Amphibians

b)

Birds

c)

Fish

10.

Which animal group lives part of its life on land and part in water?

a)

Reptiles

b)

Fish

c)

Amphibians

11.

Which animal group spends its entire life in water?

a)

Pisces (fish)

b)

Reptilia

c)

Amphibias

12.

Which animal groups hatch from eggs?

a)

Only Birds

b)

Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish

c)

Mammals and Reptiles

13.

Which statement is true about vertebrates?

a)

Vertebrates do not have a backbone

b)

Most of the animals on Earth are vertebrates

c)

Vertebrates have backbones

d)

Vertebrates only live on land

14.

How do scientists classify humans?

a)

As vertebrates and as amphibians

b)

As invertebrates and as mammals

c)

As vertebrates and as mammals

d)

As vascular and as mammals

15.
What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things.
a)
taxonomy
b)
taxadermy
c)
taxicab
d)
toxicology
16.

What is the word for when we put living things into different groups?

a)

Separation

b)

Dichotomy

c)

Classification

d)

Organisation

17.

What is classification?

a)

grouping things based on their differences

b)

grouping things based on random ideas

c)

grouping things based on their similarities

18.

Why is it so important to classify living things?

a)

it's less organized and harder to study

b)

it's more organized and easier to study

19.
What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things.
a)
taxonomy
b)
taxadermy
c)
taxicab
d)
toxicology
20.

What is the acronym for remembering the eight (8) characteristics of all living things?

a)

MR N GROW

b)

MRS GREN

c)

MR N GREWW

d)

MS WERGBERGER

21.

How many options should every branch in a dichotomous key have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.
Organisms that are able to maintain their internal temperature are considered...
a)
Ectothermic
b)
Endothermic
23.

An animal that depends on its environment to warm its body

a)

endotherm

b)

ectotherm

24.

What does invertebrate mean?

a)

Animals without a backbone

b)

Animals that change their form

c)

Animals with a backbone

d)

Animals that lay eggs

25.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
26.

Identify the correct vertebrate group for these animals.

27.

What is the primary characteristic of mammals?

a)

They lay eggs

b)

They have feathers

c)

They have fur or hair

d)

They have scales

28.

Organise these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

snake

Jellyfish

Sloth

worm

shark

moth

Vertebrate
Invertebrate
29.

Animals that have no internal skeleton are called ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
30.

Insects have a skeleton on the outside which is called an ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
exoskeleton
endoskeleton