WorksheetsTaxonomic Key
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of bird X?
a)
Certhidea
b)
Geospiza
c)
Camarhynchus
d)
Platyspiza
2.
What is the purpose of a dichotomous key?
a)
to find a common ancestor
b)
to show the evolution of organisms
c)
to show relationships between organisms
d)
to identify organisms
3.
When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?
a)
physical features
b)
weather patterns
c)
environment
d)
diet
4.
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
5.
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
6.
What is the name of bird W?
a)
Certhidea
b)
Geospiza
c)
Camarhynchus
d)
Platyspiza
7.
Which characteristics are used to identify the American Robin?
a)
Head color, Beak shape, and Beak Color
b)
Head color and Beak Color
c)
Beak Shape and Beak Color
d)
Beak Color
8.
Using this dichotomous key, identity the name of the circled fish.
a)
band-tail puffer
b)
spotted goat fish
c)
peacock flounder
d)
trumpet fish
9.
Leaf S
a)
Eastern white pine
b)
balsam poplar
c)
sweet gum
d)
ginko
10.
Which of the following shows the taxa in the correct order?
a)
kingdom-phylum-order-class-family-genus-species
b)
kingdom-class-order-family-phylum-genus-species
c)
kingdom-phylum-class-order-family-genus-species
d)
kingdom-phylum-family-order-class-genus-species
11.
What taxa are in a scientific name?
a)
Genus and Kingdom
b)
Species and Family
c)
Species and Class
d)
Genus and Species
12.
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
13.
Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:
a)
dichotmous key
b)
binomial nomenclature
c)
2 scientific names
d)
binomial key
14.
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
15.
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
16.
Tool used by a taxonomist to identify an unknown organism is a:
a)
dichotomous key
b)
binomial nmenclature
c)
scientific name
d)
binomial key
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