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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Why, as we move down the classification chart, are there fewer and fewer organisms?
At the higher levels of classification, organisms are more closely related
At the lover levels of classification, the organisms are more closely related and therefor there are fewer organisms in that group.
Higher levels of classification has smaller organisms
Lower level of classification has organisms that are more complex.
Kim developed a classification system to sort animals. Which statement best describes how she sorted her animals?
She sorted them based on their color
She sorted them based on their size
She sorted them based on their behaviors ( how the act)
She sorted them based on their structural features
Plants and fungi both grow in the ground, yet the are different in many ways. What are some main differences between the two kingdoms?
Plants are multi cellular, fungi are not.
Plants can't make their own food.
Fungi can move freely
Plants make their own food, but fungi don't.
A long time ago, scientists used to classify plants and fungi in the same kingdom. What do you you think occurred that prompted scientist to give them their own kingdoms?
New evidence supported that they were not as related as previously thought and they were reclassified.
The plant kingdom was too large so scientists decided to break them up into smaller groups.
Advancements in technology supported that plants and fungi are very closely related.
Plants and fungi are still classified in the same kingdoms to this day, because they are so closely related.
I am and AMOEBA. I move freely and I have to eat to survive, but I do not fit in the animal kingdom because I am unicellular. Where would you classify me?
Kingdom FUNGI
Kingdom PLANTAE
Kingdom PROTISTA
Kingdom HOMOSAPIEN
Dr. McDonald walks out into the courtyard and sees a multicellular organism that can move about freely, and is clearly heterotrophic as it is moving towards the cafeteria to eat lunch. Which kingdom must this organism belong?
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Animalia
Kingdom Homospaien
Kingdom Protista
A scientists studying the water around a hydrothermal vent located on the ocean floor, discovers a microscopic organism that has never been seen before. Where is she to MOST likely classify this new species?
Kingdom Animalia
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Bacteria
Kingdom Fungi
Planet Earth has Millions of Life forms. Scientist work hard to classify them all. Which characteristic below would be the MOST important feature to consider when classify an new lifeform?
Its size
Its shape
How the organism gets it's food or energy to survive
Where it lives
The science of grouping and naming organisms.
Classification
Binomial Nomenclature
Dichotomous Key
Taxonomy
Which of the following shows the correct order of the levels of classification from largest to smallest?
Species - Class- Order - Kingdom - Genus - Family - Phylum
Species - Genus - Family - Order - Class - Phylum - Kingdom
Kingdom - Phylum - Class- Order - Family - Genus - Species
None of the above
A tool used to help identify an organism’s scientific name.
Dichotomous Key
Microscope
Multi cellular
Graduated Cylinder
A system of grouping by common characteristics.
Taxonomy
Cladograms
Classification
Latin
Which category would contain the most organisms?
Phylum
Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Which of the following is the primary purpose of taxonomy in biology?
To classify organisms based on their evolutionary relationships
To name organisms using common names
To study the physical characteristics of organisms
To determine the age of fossils
What is the correct sequence of taxonomic ranks in the hierarchical classification system?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Domain
Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Domain, Kingdom
Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum
