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Classification of Living Things!!!!

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kingdom contains multicellular organisms that use photosynthesis to meet their energy demands?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Fungi

d)

Protista

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 8 levels of classification, broadest 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
5.
An example of an unicellular organism would be:
a)
monkey
b)
bacteria
c)
spider
d)
human
6.
Which organism in the table is least closely related to the chimpanzee?
a)
human
b)
grey wolf
c)
tiger snake
d)
monarch butterfly
7.
How many cells are found in Archaebacteria?
a)
Unicellular
b)
Multicellular
c)
Both
8.

What kingdoms are prokaryotic?

a)

animalia

b)

fungi

c)

eubacteria

d)

archeabacteria

9.
How do animals reproduce? 
a)
Sexually
b)
Asexually
c)
Both 
10.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
11.
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
12.
What step do we always start with when using dichotomous keys?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
13.
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
14.

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

a)

All living things use energy

b)

All living things contain cells

c)

All living things maintain homeostasis

d)

All living things grow

15.

Which item listed is NOT a characteristic of life?

a)

adjusting to stimuli

b)

getting and using energy

c)

growing and developing

d)

breathing

16.

Which letter represents the most recent common ancestor of sponges and mushrooms?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

17.

The smallest unit of a living thing are

a)

atoms

b)

cells

c)

DNA

d)

organelles

18.

Bacteria is an example of a(n)

a)

prokaryotic cell.

b)

eukaryotic cell.