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- 1. Multiple Choice
What scientific name is correct?
Quercus Alba
Quercus alba
quercus Alba
quercus alba
- 2. Multiple Choice
Canis lupus, the scientific name for a wolf, is in which genus?
Canis
lupus
Animalia
Mammalia
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which category of classification has the largest variety of organisms?
genus
phylum
species
kingdom
- 4. Multiple Choice
Aristotle is said to be the first to classify organisms. Into which two groups did he classify all living things?
fungi and bacteria
humans and animals
living and nonliving
plants and animals
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which is the best prediction regarding the current classification system?
The system may change as new information and organisms are discovered.
Scientists will become bored with the current system and develop a new one.
Over time, organisms will become extinct, so classification will become simpler.
The system is set in stone and most likely will not change.
- 6. Multiple Choice
An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?
class and order
family and genus
genus and species
kingdom and phylum
- 7. Multiple Choice
Carl Linnaeus developed a binomial classification system for living things. Why is this contribution important?
because it created new species for identification
because it created specific scientific names for living things
because it created the taxonomy system as it is known today
because it created common names for species with existing scientific names
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which taxonomic category is higher than the others?
Class
Genus
Family
Phylum
- 9. Multiple Choice
Scientists currently classify organisms based on features they share. How will this most likely change in the future?
They will be classified based on DNA analysis.
They will be classified based on similar organs.
They will be classified based on common descent.
They will be classified based on protein production.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the order of the taxonomic levels from least specific to most specific?
Kingdom, Family, Species, Order, Class, Phylum, Genus
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Species, Order, Kingdom, Family, Genus, Phylum, Class
Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
- 11. Multiple ChoiceOrganisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.domainkingdomspeciesclass
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich scientific name is written correctly?Okapia JohnstoniCarcharodon carchariasbalaenoptera Musculuspanthera leo
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe closer animals are, the more _________ they share.Levels of taxonomyAdaptationsFoodScientific names
- 14. Multiple Choice"Pinus taeda" is an example of what?AdaptationsCommon nameScientific nameFood
- 15. Multiple Choice"Lion" is an example of what?Scientific nameCommon nameAdaptationsFood
- 16. Multiple ChoiceMembers of this kingdom are multicellular and heterotrophic.PlantaeProtistaAnimaliaAchaebacteria
- 17. Multiple ChoiceTerm given to describe the 2 name naming system is:dichotmous keybinomial nomenclature2 scientific namesbinomial key
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich organisms are closely related?American badger and leopardcoyote and gray wolfeuropean otter and leopardcoyote and american badger
- 19. Multiple ChoiceOrganisms are the same ___________ when they can have offspring, then those have more offspring.ClassFamilySpeciesPhylum
- 20. Multiple ChoiceAlgae, seaweeds, and protozoans belong to kingdom:ProtistaAnimaliaPlantaeFungi
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