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Taxonomy Practice

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who created the most commonly used system of taxonomy?

a)

Niels Bohr

b)

Watson and Crick

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Carl Linnaeus

2.

Which is the correct order?

a)

Kingdom Phylum Order Class

b)

Class Order Family Genus

c)

Domain Phylum Kingdom Species

d)

Order Family Species Genus

3.

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?

a)

Fungi

b)

Bacteria

c)

Protists

d)

Plants

4.

Which one is NOT a difference between plants and fungi?

a)

Plants use cellulose but fungi use chitin

b)

Plants are autotrophs but fungi are heterotrophs

c)

Plants have cell walls but fungi don't

d)

Plants make their own food and fungi decompose their food

5.

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?

a)

Prokaryote, Fungi

b)

Eukaryote, Fungi

c)

Prokaryote, Plant

d)

Eukaryote, Plant

6.

What is the genus name here?

Canis lupus

a)

Canis

b)

lupus

c)

Canis lupus

d)

lupus canis

7.

An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?

a)

class and order

b)

family and genus

c)

genus and species

d)

kingdom and phylum

8.

Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called _____.

a)

Eukaryotes

b)

Multicellular

c)

Unicellular

d)

Prokaryotes

9.
Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.
a)
domain
b)
kingdom
c)
species
d)
class
10.

What is the genus name here:

Canis lupus

a)

Canis

b)

lupus

11.
How many Domains are there?
Name them:
a)
3; Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
b)
2; Bacteria, Eukarya
c)
1; Eukarya
d)
3; Bacteria, Eukarya, Protists
12.

What is the scientific name for the housefly?

a)

Musca domestica

b)

Animalia

c)

domestica

d)

Thomonys bottae

13.

Which Kingdom is often called extremophiles?

a)

eubacteria

b)

monera

c)

archaea

d)

prokaryotes

14.

organisms that do not fit into other kingdoms

a)

fungi

b)

plantae

c)

protista

15.

Puma is an example of a

a)

common name

b)

scientific name

c)

Latin name

16.

Which organism is more similar to a wolf--a dog or chimpanzee?

a)

Dog --shares same genus

b)

Chimpanzee-- shares same class

c)

Dog-- Shares same class

17.

What 3 taxonomic groups are shared by all 4 organisms?

a)

species, genus & family

b)

Kingdom, phylum & order

c)

kingdom, phylum & class

18.

The following are common names for Heliscuc tropicus. Why should scientist use the scientific name vs the common names for an organism?

a)

Communication with other scientist will be reduced

b)

All scientist will be using one name

c)

Standardized names are less descriptive of the animal that has been observed

19.

The lion and the tiger belong to different species as shown in the chart above. What is the scientific name of the Lion?

a)

Panthera tigris

b)

Felidae Panthera

c)

Panthera leo

20.

Using the chart above, what is the scientific name of the Tiger

a)

tigris Panthera

b)

Felidae Panthera

c)

Panthera tigris

21.

Which taxon includes more species (# of organisms) an ORDER or FAMILY?

a)

Order

b)

Family

22.

The organism most related to Ursus arctos is:

a)

Ailuropoda ursus

b)

Ursus maritimus