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Classification of Living Things

Quiz by Andrew Pinkerton

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  • Q1
    How does dividing species into Kingdoms help us to understand them?
    help us understand similarities/differences of living things
    helps us to see which animals existed first
    helps to predict what changes animals make to surroundings
    helps us understand how animal organ systems work
    30s
  • Q2
    Identify the levels of classification in correct order from largest to smallest?
    domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
    domain,kingdom, genus, species, phylum, class, order, family
    genus,species, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family
    domain,kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
    30s
  • Q3
    What are the two parts of a scientific name?
    domain and genus
    domain and kingdom
    phylum and class
    genus and species
    30s
  • Q4
    Which two organisms are MOST closely related?
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    2 and 4
    1 and 2
    2 and 3
    1 and 3
    30s
  • Q5
    Which traits do Baboon's have?
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    all of the traits listed
    full color vision
    forward vision
    opposable thumbs
    30s
  • Q6
    Which animals share the most traits with humans?
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    Lemur
    Baboon
    Chimpanzee
    All of the choices are correct
    30s
  • Q7
    Which domains are made up of prokaryotes?
    plantae and animalia
    fungi and plantae
    fungi and protista
    bacteria and archaea
    30s
  • Q8
    The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called
    Taxonomy
    Phylogeny
    Classification
    Biology
    30s
  • Q9
    The members of this kingdom get their energy by absorbing materials.
    plantae
    eubacteria
    fungi
    protista
    30s
  • Q10
    Who developed the 2-word naming system of organisms?
    Aristotle
    Gregor Mendel
    Carolus Linnaeus
    Charles Darwin
    30s
  • Q11
    How many levels of classification do we have?
    8
    6
    7
    9
    30s
  • Q12
    All organisms that have a nucleus fit into which level of classification?
    Bacteria
    Archea
    Eukarya
    30s
  • Q13
    The evolutionary history of a species is its:
    taxonomy
    extinction
    phylogeny
    biodiversity
    30s
  • Q14
    Organisms that lack a cell wall are called
    Plantae
    Protista
    Animalia
    Fungi
    30s
  • Q15
    A diagram that uses a series of paired statements to identify organisms is a...
    Phylogenic Tree
    Dichotomous Key
    Cladogram
    Concept Mapping
    30s

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