Classification
Chapter 3
Created & shared by Jamie Miller
Fifth & Sixth Grade Teacher
Caldwell Adventist Elementary School
Idaho Conference, USA
1.
What is one
advantage of using
scientific names?
a. The scientific name is
easier to learn
b. The scientific name often
describes the organism
c. The scientific name can be
translated to English easily
d. The scientific name is the
first name used for an
organism
2.What is the process by which
organisms are organized?
a. Phyla
b. Sorting
c. Classification
d. Distributing
3. What is the most specific
level of classification used
by scientists?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Class
Species
Family
Genus
4.Which of the following are
examples of classes?
a. Mollusks and arthropods
b. Plants and animals
c. Birds and insects
d. Vertebrates and mollusks
5. What characteristics are used in classifying
things into kingdoms?
a. Number of cells, producers or consumers,
type of cells
b. Number of cells, types of skin, feet or fins
c. Producers, consumers, vertebrate or
invertebrate, type of cells
d. Color of eyes, type of cells, lungs or gills
6. Which of
the following is
an organism
that cannot
make its own
food?
a. Producer
b. Invertebrate
c. User
d. Consumer
7.
Which of the following is
not used in classifying
organisms into a particular
phylum?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Habitat
Body structure
Food
Consumers or
producers
8.What is an example
of an invertebrate?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Salmon
Whale
Giant squid
Dolphin
9. Which phylum is characterized as
having a body with many pores or
openings?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Worms
Sponges
Echinoderms
Arthropods
10. Which gives
the correct
order for
the levels of
classification?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Phylum, kingdom, species, genus, family,
order, class
Species, family, kingdom, phylum, order,
class, genus
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family,
genus, species
None of these
11. Which is an advantage of
classifying a collection of things?
a.
b.
c.
d.
It makes the collection easier to study
It makes it harder for people to steal the
collections
It makes it easier to store the items
It preserves the collection
12.In what language are scientific names written?
a.
b.
c.
d.
English
Latin
Spanish
French
13. Which of the following
animals would be a mollusk?
a. A spider
b. A clam
c. A worm
d. A starfish
14. Which subgroup would make up a
family?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Species
Phylum
Genus
None of these
15. Which kingdom is made up of
organisms that are usually single-celled and
often have a cell wall?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Animal
Monera
Vertebrate
Protist
16. Which organism has stinging
tentacles?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Starfish
Sea anemone
Shrimp
Sponge
17. Which of the following is not a
characteristic of the arthropod
phylum?
a. Tube feet
b. Antennae
c. Jointed legs
d. Exoskeleton
Part 2 Matching
Match each pictured organism with the phylum to
which it belongs. Write the letter of the organism
on the line provided.
18. ______ arthropod phylum
19. ______ cnidaria phylum
20. ______ echinoderm phylum
21. ______ mollusk phylum
22. ______ sponge phylum
23. What features are used when classifying
animals?
Body structure is most important, but
other features include food, habitat, and
behavior.
24. Identify the five
kingdoms used in
scientific classification,
and give an example of
each kingdom.
Monera-bacteria; protista-paramecium; fungusmold; plant-rose; animal-horse
25.Explain the difference between a producer and a
consumer.
Produces are organisms that can produce their own food.
Producers include all green plants and some protists.
Producers use the process of photosynthesis to produce
food. Consumers are organisms that cannot
photosynthesize to produce their own food. They must
therefore get their food from eating producers or other
consumers. Consumers include all animals some protists,
and many fungi.