WorksheetsClassification Unit
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The science of classifying living things is called:
a)
Genetics
b)
Kingdom
c)
Taxonomy
d)
Binomial Nomenclature
2.
What is the correct order of the levels of classification from LEAST specific to MOST specific?
a)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
b)
Species, Family, Genus, Class, Order, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
c)
Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
d)
Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Domain, Order, Family, Genus, Species
3.
I am multicellular, I do NOT make my own food, and my cell walls are made of chitin, which kingdom do I belong to?
a)
Protista
b)
Fungi
c)
Archaebacteria
d)
Plantae
4.
What do these two scientific names tell us about these organisms?
Rana catesbeiana and Rana clamitans
Rana catesbeiana and Rana clamitans
a)
The two names are referring to the same organism.
b)
The two organisms share the same genus and species.
c)
The two organisms share the same species.
d)
The two organisms share the same genus.
5.
The kingdom I belong to does NOT contain any heterotrophs, which kingdom MUST I be?
a)
Fungi
b)
Animalia
c)
Protista
d)
Plantae
6.
Which Kingdoms include prokaryotic organisms?
a)
Fungi, Animalia, Plantae and Protista
b)
Fungi, Animalia, Plantae
c)
Archaebacteria, and Eubacteria
d)
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, and Protista
7.
Which two organisms are most closely related?
a)
Organism 1 and Organism 3
b)
Organism 2 and Organism 3
c)
Organsim 2 and Organism 4
d)
Organism 1, Organism 2 and Organism 3
8.
I am multicellular, and I make my own food, which kingdom can I NOT be a part of?
a)
Fungi
b)
Plantae
c)
Protista
9.
Organisms that share the same class can be organized into several related:
a)
Orders
b)
Kingdoms
c)
Phyla
d)
Domains
10.
My cell does not contain any membrane-bound organelles, and you can find me in a highly acidic environment, which kingdom do I belong to?
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Protista
c)
Eubacteria
d)
Fungi
11.
Which of the six kingdoms contain complex multicellular organisms with no cell wall?
a)
Plantae
b)
Animalia
c)
Fungi
d)
Archaebacteria
12.
What do 3 of the 4 organisms have in common?
a)
They are in the Kingdom Animalia.
b)
They are in the same order.
c)
They are in the Phylum Magnoliophyta.
d)
They are in the Class Pinopsida.
13.
My cell contains chloroplasts, I am an autotroph, and I am made of only one cell, which Kingdom do I belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Archaebacteria
c)
Protista
d)
Fungi
14.
Based on the 4 scientific names, which two organisms are most closely related to one another:
Bassariscus astutus
Lutra canadensis
Ondatra zibethica
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Bassariscus astutus
Lutra canadensis
Ondatra zibethica
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
a)
Urocyon cinereoargenteus and Bassariscus astutus
Urocyon cinereoargenteus and Bassariscus astutus
b)
Lutra canadensis and Ondatra zibethica
c)
Ondatra zibethica and Urocyon cinereoargenteus
d)
We were not given enough information to answer the question.
15.
Organism 1 diverges from Organism 3 at what level?
a)
Kingdom
b)
Phylum
c)
Class
d)
Species
16.
What is the name of Bird X?
a)
Platyspiza
b)
Camarhynchus
c)
Geospiza
d)
Certhidea
17.
Unicellular eukaryotic organisms can be found in which of the following kingdoms?
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Fungi
d)
Archaebacteria
18.
I am unicellular and my cell wall is made with peptidoglycan, which kingdom do I belong to?
a)
Fungi
b)
Protista
c)
Archaebacteria
d)
Eubacteria
19.
A team of scientists collected a unicellular, prokaryotic organism that lived in a volcanic hot spring that had lipids in it's cell membrane that were not found in any other group of organisms. The scientists most likely classified the organism into which of the following kingdoms?
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Eubacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
Protista
20.
Scientists discovered a new organism that is autotrophic and multicellular. To which of these kingdoms does this organism most likely belong?
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Plantae
c)
Animalia
d)
Fungi
21.
Which of the following contains ALL of the kingdoms that are eukaryotic?
a)
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria
b)
Animalia, Plantae, Protista
c)
Animalia, Plantae, Eubacteria
d)
Animalia, Plantae, Protista Fungi
22.
Scientists discover a new organism. The organism has chloroplasts, is unicellular and has membrane-bound organelles. To which of these kingdoms does this organism most likely belong?
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Eubacteria
c)
Protista
d)
Plantae
23.
Species that are multicellular, have nuclei, and photosynthesize can be found only in:
a)
The kingdoms Eubacteria and Plantae
b)
The kingdoms Plantae and Protista
c)
The kingdoms Fungi and Plantae
d)
The kingdoms Animalia and Plantae
24.
Organisms in the kingdom Animalia are:
a)
sometimes single-celled heterotrophs
b)
sometomes multicellular autotrophs
c)
all single celled autotrophs
d)
all multicellular heterotrophs
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