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Taxonomy Intro - Unit 12

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Organisms are classified into one of these three categories. This is the broadest classification of organisms. 
a)
Species
b)
Domains
c)
Phylum
d)
Kingdoms 
2.
Organisms are classified into one of these six categories, based on several specific characteristics. 
a)
Species 
b)
Domains
c)
Kingdoms
d)
Class 
3.
Organism that cannot make its own food. Consumes other organisms. 
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph 
4.
Organism that can make its own food
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph
5.
Organism made of many cells 
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Unicellular
d)
Multicellular 
6.
Organism made of only one cell 
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Unicellular
d)
Multicellular 
7.
Cell with no nucleus, DNA floats freely in the cytoplasm. 
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Unicellular 
d)
Multicellular 
8.
Cell with a nucleus, DNA is found in the nucleus of this cell. 
a)
Prokaryotic 
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Unicellular
d)
Multicellular 
9.

The science of classifying objects.

a)

Classificthesaurus

b)

Genetics

c)

Taxonomy

d)

Biology

10.

What is the order of the taxonomic levels from least specific to most specific?

a)

Kingdom, Family, Species, Order, Class, Phylum, Genus

b)

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

c)

Species, Order, Kingdom, Family, Genus, Phylum, Class

d)

Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

11.

According to this chart, which two organisms are most closely related?

a)

Cat and Wolf

b)

Cat and Fly

c)

Wolf and Fly

12.

Which of the following pairs of organisms from the table shown to the left would be the most closely related?

a)

Desert iguana and Box turtle

b)

Chuckwalla and Bush anole

c)

Box turtle and Bush anole

d)

Desert iguana and Chuchwalla

13.

Reorder the following taxonomic Categories from least related to most related

a)

Class

b)

Order

c)

Family

d)

Genus

e)

Species

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)