WorksheetsWhat is an animal taxonomy and cladograms
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an organism called when it contains membrane bound internal organelles?
a)
Heterotroph
b)
Autotroph
c)
Eukaryote
d)
Prokaryote
2.
What taxa are in a scientific name?
a)
Genus and Kingdom
b)
Species and Family
c)
Species and Class
d)
Genus and Species
3.
In the 8 levels of classification which level is the broadest category?
a)
Kingdom
b)
Family
c)
Species
d)
Domain
4.
Things that are classified together ___________.
a)
are not related to each other.
b)
share a similar evolutionary history.
c)
are larger organisms.
d)
have a different evolutionary history
5.
What are the 8 levels of classification of living things from most general to most specific?
a)
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
b)
domain, kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genius, species
c)
domain, kingdom, family, class, order, family, genus, species
d)
domain, king, phillip, class, order, family, genus, species
6.
Organisms that belong to the same _________ share the MOST DNA.
a)
family
b)
kingdom
c)
genus
d)
species
7.
Which organism is most closely related to Quercus rubrum?
a)
Acer rubrum
b)
Quercus macrophylla
8.
Which of the following taxa contain the fewest members?
a)
phyllum
b)
family
c)
genus
d)
class
9.
This classification group comes in between a phylum and order.
a)
kingdom
b)
family
c)
species
d)
class
10.
A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?
a)
Juniper
b)
Pine
c)
Spruce
d)
Fir
11.
What is the name of bird W?
a)
Certhidea
b)
Geospiza
c)
Camarhynchus
d)
Platyspiza
12.
From the table, which two animals are MOST CLOSELY related
a)
House Cate and Red Fox
b)
Red Fox and Dog
c)
Dog and Wolf
d)
Wolf and Gopher
13.
What is the human most closely related to?
a)
Fish
b)
mouse
c)
Salamander
d)
Human
14.
Where is the alligator and T. rex's common ancestor?
a)
Point A
b)
Point B
c)
Point C
d)
Point D
15.
All the animals to the right of the hagfish would have the common characteristic of -
a)
Fur
b)
Claws or nails
c)
Lungs
d)
Jaws
16.
Which letter represents the most recent common ancestor of sponges and mushrooms?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
e)
E
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