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Ch. 3 Practice Quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One of the following is NOT a kingdom.

a)

Virus

b)

Animals

c)

Plants

d)

Archaea

2.

What are the 6 kingdoms?

a)

phylum, class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

b)

Humans, Plants, Protists, Archaea, Fungi, Bacteria

c)

Trees, Animals, Protists, Archaea bacteria, Fungi, Eubacteria

d)

Plants, Animals, Protists, Archaea bacteria, Fungi, Eubacteria

3.
Living things that have many cells and get food from other living things are ______.
a)
genus
b)
fungi
c)
protist
d)
classification
4.
Living things that have one cell witha nucleus are _______.
a)
genus
b)
protists
c)
kingdom
5.
All of the following are fungi EXCEPT - 
a)
mushrooms
b)
algae
c)
molds
d)
yeasts
6.

An example of an unicellular organism would be:

a)

monkey

b)

bacteria

c)

spider

d)

human

7.

What is the correct order of taxonomy?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

8.
What is an organism that consists of one cell?
a)
unicellular
b)
multicellular
c)
nucleus
d)
organelle
9.

What do you use to see cells?

a)

microphone

b)

microscope

c)

telescope

d)

binoculars

10.

Who created the 2 name system?

a)

Carolus Linnaeus

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Albert Einstein

11.

What two levels make up a scientific name?

a)

genus and order

b)

genus and species

c)

domain and kingdom

d)

family and genus

12.

What is the study of classification?

a)

taxonomy

b)

biology

c)

botany

d)

microbiology

13.
When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?
a)
physical features
b)
weather patterns
c)
environment
d)
diet
14.
What is a dichotomous key used for in science?
a)
To organize biomes
b)
Classify organisms
c)
Identify bacteria only
d)
None of these
15.
A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?
a)
Whip Scorpion
b)
Wind Scorpion
c)
Daddy long legs
d)
Scorpion
16.
Examples are tomato plants and oak trees
a)
Fungi
b)
Plantae
c)
Protista
d)
Animalia
17.

Tigers, Jellyfish, Gorillas and Snails are all part of kingdom _______.

a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Fungi
d)
Bacteria
18.
Heterotroph is when an organism...
a)
Has to eat other things
b)
has to make it's own food
19.
Autotroph is when..
a)
An organism makes it's own food
b)
An organism has to eat other things
20.

Which is the best reason scientists use the scientific names of organisms instead of their common names?

a)

Scientists were worried about the Latin language dying out so they decided to use it for naming organisms

b)

Scientists who speak different languages will still know exactly which organism it is

c)

So people will think the scientists are smart, because it sounds impressive

21.

Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree is it?

a)

Juniper

b)

Pine

c)

Spruce

d)

Fir

22.

In a dichotomous key, each question contains ______ choices.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

23.

What TOOL do scientists use to classify organism based on their characteristics?

a)

scientific name

b)

branching chain

c)

binomial key

d)

dichotomous key

24.

Cells that have a nucleus are called?

a)

archaea

b)

bacteria

c)

eukaryotes

d)

fungi

25.

Which language is the primary language used to classify living things?

a)

Greek

b)

English

c)

Roman

d)

Latin

26.

During photosynthesis -

a)

chemical energy is transferred into potential energy

b)

radiant energy is changed into potential energy

c)

light energy is converted into chemical energy in plant cells

d)

solar energy is exchanged for kinetic energy