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Year 7 Classification Revision

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
2.
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
3.
Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?
a)
Carolus Linnaeus
b)
Carl's Jr.
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Henry Groseclose
4.
What is the most specific level of classification?
a)
Family
b)
Domain
c)
Species
d)
Carolus Linnaeus
5.
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
6.
Molds, yeast, and mushroom belong to kingdom:
a)
Eubacteria
b)
Archaebacteria
c)
Protista
d)
Fungi
7.

Name the groups that we use to classify vertebrate animals

a)

Goats, Sharks, Amphibians, and Panda's

b)

Reptiles and Mammals

c)

Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, and Pisces

8.

Which group of animals are warm blooded?

a)

Aves and Mammalia

b)

Reptilia and Amphibia

c)

Mammalia and Pisces

9.

Which animal group drinks its mother's milk?

a)

Reptiles

b)

Birds

c)

Mammals

10.

Which animal group is covered in feathers?

a)

Amphibians

b)

Birds

c)

Fish

11.

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

a)

Reptiles

b)

Fish

c)

Amphibians

12.

Which animal group spends its entire life in water?

a)

Pisces

b)

Reptilia

c)

Amphibias

13.

Which animal groups hatch from eggs?

a)

Only Birds

b)

Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish

c)

Mammals and Reptiles

14.

Which of these is in the correct order?

a)

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

b)

Species, kingdom, order, family, genus, phylum, species

c)

Genus, species, class, order, kingdom, domain

d)

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

15.

What is the main difference between viruses and bacteria?

a)

Viruses are nonliving and bacteria are living cells

b)

Viruses are less serious than bacteria

c)

Nothing, they are pretty much the same

d)

Bacteria are good and viruses are bad

16.

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

17.

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

18.
What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things.
a)
taxonomy
b)
taxadermy
c)
taxicab
d)
toxicology
19.

Which species are most closely related to the Blue Whale ?

a)

Pygmy hippopotamus

b)

Angus cattle

c)

White-tailed deer

d)

Wild boar

20.

Choose the correct statement.

a)

Kingdom Archaea has a nucleus

b)

Kingdom Animalia has a cell wall

c)

Kingdom Bacteria has a nucleus

d)

Kingdom Plantae has a cell wall

21.

What would be the mostly likely explanation for the classification of an animal be changed?

a)


New genetic evidence has been discovered to suggest relationships different than previously thought

b)


Physical features of the animal match a newly discovered animal.

c)


Classification is never changed

d)

The animal has been found in new habitats

22.

Based on the information in the data table, which two organisms are most closely related?

a)

frogs and rodents

b)

lizards and gorillas

c)

fish and frogs

d)

lizards and birds

23.

What has happened to our system of classification as technology has become more advanced?

a)


Advances in DNA sequencing has eliminated the original Kingdoms.

b)

Advances in microscopes have allowed to create the animal kingdom.

c)

Advances in DNA sequencing have allowed us to have a 6 kingdom classification system.

d)


Advances in microscopes have allowed us to go from 6 Kingdoms to 3.

24.

What would most likely cause the current classification system to change?

a)

New organism being discovered?

b)

The system cannot be changed

c)

Technological advancements

d)

Scientists find a new species of bacteria

25.
Which is the largest grouping in the taxonomy?
a)
family
b)
kingdom
c)
species
d)
phylum
26.
Which of the following is the study of how scientists classify organisms?
a)
Taxonomy
b)
Division
c)
Canis
d)
Identification
27.
Which of the following is the smallest group in the taxonomy?
a)
Genus
b)
Species
c)
Family
d)
Kingdom
28.
The more classification levels organisms share, the more ------.
a)
characteristics they have in common.
b)
specific groups are based.
c)
characteristics they don’t have in common.
d)
different they are.  
29.
The animal kingdom can be divided into which two categories?
a)
vascular, nonvascular
b)
genus, species 
c)
vertebrate, invertebrate
d)
chordate, vertebrate  
30.
Identify the correct order of the taxonomy from largest grouping to most specific grouping.
a)
Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom
b)
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
c)
Kingdom, species, genus, family, class, order, phylum
d)
Phylum, family, genus, species, order, kingdom, class  
31.
The scientific name for water bear is Hypsibius dujardini.  What is its genus?
a)
Hypsibius 
b)
dujardini
c)
water 
d)
tardigrade
32.
The scientific name for water bear is Hypsibius dujardini.  What is its species?
a)
Hypsibius 
b)
dujardini
c)
water 
d)
tardigrade
33.
How do scientists organize living things?
a)
by looks
b)
by shared characteristics
c)
by size
d)
by differences
34.
What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things.
a)
taxonomy
b)
taxadermy
c)
taxicab
d)
toxicology
35.
If two species share the same class, they also share the same______.
a)
phylum
b)
order
c)
genus
d)
species
36.
Who is the closest relative to the birds?
a)
crocodiles
b)
sharks
c)
fish
d)
amphibians
37.
Who is the closest relative to the sharks?
a)
crocodiles
b)
sharks
c)
ray-finned fish
d)
amphibians
38.
Who organized living things by creating binomial nomenclature?
a)
Carolus Linnaeus
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
d)
James Watson
39.
Who organized living things by creating binomial nomenclature?
a)
Carolus Linnaeus
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
d)
James Watson
40.

A vertebrate ...

a)

Has a backbone

b)

Has no backbone

c)

Is a mollusk

41.

Lay hard shelled eggs

a)

Fish

b)

Birds

c)

Reptiles

d)

Mammals

42.

Their body temperature varies with their surroundings

a)

Mammals

b)

Amphibians

c)

Reptiles

d)

Birds

43.

Live in hot dry deserts and warm wet rain forests

a)

Reptiles

b)

Birds

c)

Worms

d)

Mammals

44.

Lay their eggs on land

a)

Fish

b)

Mammals

c)

Amphibians

d)

Reptiles

45.

Invertebrates

a)

Have no backbone

b)

Have a backbone

46.

97% of the animal kingdom is made up of ...

a)

Birds

b)

Invertebrates

c)

Reptiles

d)

Worms

47.

Squids and octopuses are part of this group

a)

Hydra

b)

Coral

c)

Mollusks

d)

Sea urchins

48.

As it grows it sheds its exoskeleton

a)

Reptile

b)

Arthropod

c)

Jellyfish

d)

Mollusk

49.

Their bodies are divided into three parts

a)

Segmented worms

b)

Amphibians

c)

Hydra

d)

Arthropods

50.

Amphibians have

a)

Scaly skin

b)

Have gills as young

c)

Tube-like feet

d)

Segmented bodies

51.
What statement would NOT be good for a dichotomous key?
a)
The organism has 1 dorsal fin
b)
The organism is ugly
c)
The organism has leaves in groups of three
d)
The organism has 6 legs
52.
Which taxa has more organisms, family or phylum?
a)
phylum
b)
family
c)
they are equal
d)
not enough information to answer
53.
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
54.
What is the most specific level of classification?
a)
Family
b)
Domain
c)
Species
d)
Carolus Linnaeus
55.
The first part of a scientific name is an organism's _______________ and the second part is its ________________.
a)
species, genus
b)
phylum, order
c)
class, spices
d)
genus, species

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