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Linnaean Classification

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which scientists came up with the kingdom classification system?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Carol Linnaeus

c)

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

d)

Issac Newton

2.
Which of the lists below has all of the levels of classification in the correct order?
a)
Kingdom class phylum genus order species family
b)
Class Phylum Kingdom Species Family Order Genus
c)
Kingdom Family Class Order Phylum Genus Species
d)
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
3.
Scientific names are written using which two levels of classification?
a)
Kingdom phylum
b)
Kingdom class
c)
Species genus
d)
Genus species
4.

the science of grouping and naming organisms

a)

taxonomy

b)

classification

c)

dichotomous key

d)

phylum

5.

the largest classification category

a)

Kingdom

b)

Phylum

c)

Order

d)

Species

6.

What is the meaning of (Taxo)

a)

Grouping

b)

Naming

c)

Driving

d)

Taxi

7.

What is the meaning of(Nomy)

a)

Grouping

b)

Write

c)

Naming

d)

Animals

8.

the smallest, most specific classification category

a)

Genus

b)

Phylum

c)

Order

d)

Species

9.

Which classification level is directly above 'Genus'?

a)

Order

b)

Family

c)

Species

d)

Class

10.

The Binomial nomenclature has how many parts to its scientific naming system?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

11.

Genus name is always (a)   .

12.

Levels get increasingly specific from?

a)

kingdom to species

b)

phylum to genus

c)

mammalia to family

d)

order to family