Quiz: Taxonomy

1. Which of the following pairs is MOST closely related?
dog and tapeworm
tapeworm and bacteria
mushroom and tree
ameba and bacteria

2. Organisms in the Kingdom Animalia are:
mutlicellular and heterotrophic
multicellular and autotrophic
unicellular and autotrophic
unicellular and autotrophic

3. Which of the following groups would contain the largest number of organisms?
class
order
phylum
family

4. A scientific name contains information about its:
family and species
genus and species
phylum and order
class and family

5. What do plants and animals have in common?
both are heterotrophic
both are autotrophic
both are prokaryotic
both are eukaryotic

6. The current classification system was devised by:
Aristotle
Plato
Linneaus
Darwin

7. Instead of phylum, plants use which category?
division
subspecies
class
subkingdom

8. If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must also be in the same:
class
species
family
kingdom

9. Which kingdom contains "extremophiles"?
eubacteria
archaebacteria
fungi
protista

10. A dichotomous key is used to:
locate an organism
identify an organism
divide a kingdom
interbreed species

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