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WorksheetsTaxonomy Practice
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who created the most commonly used system of taxonomy?
Niels Bohr
Watson and Crick
Charles Darwin
Carl Linnaeus
Which is the correct order?
Kingdom Phylum Order Class
Class Order Family Genus
Domain Phylum Kingdom Species
Order Family Species Genus
You find a species that seems to be unicellular and is eating smaller cells around it. It has organelles and a nucleus. Which kingdom is it MOST likely a part of?
Fungi
Bacteria
Protists
Plants
Which one is NOT a difference between plants and fungi?
Plants use cellulose but fungi use chitin
Plants are autotrophs but fungi are heterotrophs
Plants have cell walls but fungi don't
Plants make their own food and fungi decompose their food
You identify a small living organism that is eating something at your feet. It's visible but pretty tiny, you take it to a lab and find that it has cell walls made of chitin. Which is its domain and kingdom?
Prokaryote, Fungi
Eukaryote, Fungi
Prokaryote, Plant
Eukaryote, Plant
What is the genus name here?
Canis lupus
Canis
lupus
Canis lupus
lupus canis
An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?
class and order
family and genus
genus and species
kingdom and phylum
Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called _____.
Eukaryotes
Multicellular
Unicellular
Prokaryotes
What is the genus name here:
Canis lupus
Canis
lupus
Name them:
What is the scientific name for the housefly?
Musca domestica
Animalia
domestica
Thomonys bottae
Which Kingdom is often called extremophiles?
eubacteria
monera
archaea
prokaryotes
organisms that do not fit into other kingdoms
fungi
plantae
protista
Puma is an example of a
common name
scientific name
Latin name
Which organism is more similar to a wolf--a dog or chimpanzee?
Dog --shares same genus
Chimpanzee-- shares same class
Dog-- Shares same class
What 3 taxonomic groups are shared by all 4 organisms?
species, genus & family
Kingdom, phylum & order
kingdom, phylum & class
The following are common names for Heliscuc tropicus. Why should scientist use the scientific name vs the common names for an organism?
Communication with other scientist will be reduced
All scientist will be using one name
Standardized names are less descriptive of the animal that has been observed
The lion and the tiger belong to different species as shown in the chart above. What is the scientific name of the Lion?
Panthera tigris
Felidae Panthera
Panthera leo
Using the chart above, what is the scientific name of the Tiger
tigris Panthera
Felidae Panthera
Panthera tigris
Which taxon includes more species (# of organisms) an ORDER or FAMILY?
Order
Family
The organism most related to Ursus arctos is:
Ailuropoda ursus
Ursus maritimus
