Discuss distinguishing characteristics of the domains and kingdoms of living organisms.
SC.912.L.15.4 Describe how and why organisms are hierarchically classified and based on evolutionary
relationships.
SC.912.L.15.5 Explain the reasons for changes in how organisms are classified
SC.912.L.15.6 Discuss distinguishing characteristics of the domains and kingdoms of living organisms.
PRETEST FOR CLASSIFICATION
Read the following questions and circle the best choice for each.
1.
Why do scientists organize living things into groups?
a. So they can find them in the wild more easily
b. So that the organisms are easier to study
c. So they can make sense of the variety of rocks on Earth
d. So products from living things can be easily found in groceries
2. What is binomial nomenclature?
a. Classifying organisms into seven levels
b. The naming system developed by Aristotle
c. Grouping animals based on how they move
d. A naming system in which each organism is given a two-part name
3. An organism’s scientific name consists of
a. Its class name and its family name
b. Its kingdom name and its phylum name
c. Its genus name and its species name
d. Its phylum name and its species name
4. Which is the broadest classification level?
a. Family
b. Kingdom
c. Phylum
d. Species
5. Which of these is NOT evidence that two organisms should be classified in the same group?
a. Their embryos are similar
b. They can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
c. They eat the same prey
d. They have similar bones In their legs
6. A mushroom belongs to which kingdom?
a. Protist
b. Plant
c. Fungi
d. Animal
7. A cat’s scientific name is Felix domesticus, which genus does it belong to?
a. Cat
b. Binomial nomenclature
c. Felix
d. domesticus
8. Which of the following groups is made up of organisms that are the most similar genetically?
a. Phylum
b. Order
c. Class
d. Genus
9. What is taxonomy?
a. The scientific study of how living things are classified
b. The name of Aristotle’s classification system
c. The process used by geologists to classify rocks
d. The process of observing an organism’s behavior
10. The correct order used in present classification of organisms is
a. Domain, Phylum, kingdom, genus, species, class, order, family
b. Domain, Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
c. Kingdom, species, phylum, genus, family, order
d. Phylum, genus, species, kingdom, domain, class, order
11. For question 11 use the dichotomous key
. The dichotomous key shown below can be used to identify birds W, X, Y, and Z.
11. Bird X is most likely
a.
b.
c.
d.
Certhidea
Geospiza
Camarhynchus
Platyspiza
POSTEST
Read the following questions and circle the best choice for each.
1.
Why do scientists organize living things into groups?
a. So they can find them in the wild more easily
b. So that the organisms are easier to study
c. So they can make sense of the variety of rocks on Earth
d. So products from living things can be easily found in groceries
2. What is binomial nomenclature?
a. Classifying organisms into seven levels
b. The naming system developed by Aristotle
c. Grouping animals based on how they move
d. A naming system in which each organism is given a two-part name
3. An organism’s scientific name consists of
a. Its class name and its family name
b. Its kingdom name and its phylum name
c. Its genus name and its species name
d. Its phylum name and its species name
4. Which is the broadest classification level?
a. Family
b. Kingdom
c. Phylum
d. Species
5. Which of these is NOT evidence that two organisms should be classified in the same group?
a. Their embryos are similar
b. They can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
c. They eat the same prey
d. They have similar bones In their legs
6. A mushroom belongs to which kingdom?
a. Protist
b. Plant
c. Fungi
d. Animal
7. A cat’s scientific name is Felix domesticus, which genus does it belong to?
a. Cat
b. Binomial nomenclature
c. Felix
d. domesticus
8. Which of the following groups is made up of organisms that are the most similar genetically?
a. Phylum
b. Order
c. Class
d. Genus
9. What is taxonomy?
a. The scientific study of how living things are classified
b. The name of Aristotle’s classification system
c. The process used by geologists to classify rocks
d. The process of observing an organism’s behavior
10. The correct order used in present classification of organisms is
a. Domain, Phylum, kingdom, genus, species, class, order, family
b. Domain, Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
c. Kingdom, species, phylum, genus, family, order
d. Phylum, genus, species, kingdom, domain, class, order
11. For question 11 use the dichotomous key
. The dichotomous key shown below can be used to identify birds W, X, Y, and Z.
11. Bird X is most likely
a.
b.
c.
d.
Certhidea
Geospiza
Camarhynchus
Platyspiza
ANSWER KEY
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. B
11. D