Trivia Week 25—Classification
EQ: How do scientists classify organisms?
1. A series of paired statements that scientists use to
classify organisms is called a…
a. Taxonomic key
b. dichotomous key
c. branching key
2. The study of classifying organisms based on their
similarities is called…
a. Classification
b. taxonomy
3. Binomial nomenclature is a system created by
Linneaus and uses which two levels of classification to
write out the scientific name?
a. Kingdom and Phylum
b. Class and Order
c. Genus and species
4. An organism that is an ancient, prokaryotic, asexual,
heterotrophic or autotrophic and unicellular is from
the Kingdom of ...
a. Eubacteria
b. Animalia
c. Archaebacteria
5. An organism that is found everywhere, is microscopic,
asexual, prokaryotic, heterotrophic or autotrophic and
unicellular are from the Kingdom…
a. Eubacteria
b. Animalia
c. Archaebacteria
Trivia Week 26—Classification
EQ: What characteristics differentiate protists into
different classes?
6. An organism that can make its own food is
called a (n)
a. heterotroph
b. autotroph
7. Animal-like protists are similar to animals because
they…
a. Can be heterotrophs
b. are all multicellular
c. are eukaryotes
8. Fungus-like protists and fungi both reproduce by …
a. Budding b. conjugation
c. spores
9. Plant-like protists are like plants because they…
a. Grow roots b. are autotrophs
c. are heterotrophs
10.
Organisms that are eukaryotic, use hyphae for
eating, use spores to reproduce and mostly
multicellular are from the Kingdom…
a. Bacteria b. Plantae
c. Fungi
Trivia Week 27—Classification
EQ: What characteristics classify organisms
into separate kingdoms?
11. A (n) ___________________ is like a protective
coat that protects a bacteria during very harsh
conditions and helps it to survive.
a. Cell wall
b. endospore
c. cell membrane
12. The correct order of the levels of classification is:
Kingdom Family Class Order Genus Species Phylum
a. True
b. False
13. The more levels two organisms share, the more
closely related they are.
a. True
b. False
14. These two Kingdoms have only multicellular
organisms in them.
a. animals and fungi b. animals and protists
c. animals and plants
15. Which Kingdoms have only unicellular
prokaryotes in them?
a. Protists and fungi
b. Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
c. Eubacteria and Protists
Trivia Week 28--Classification
EQ: What are the major differences between protists,
fungi, and plants?
16. The _________ Kingdom is known as the
leftover kingdom, meaning that if it can’t be
classified anywhere else, it will be placed here.
a. Fungi
b. Animalia
c. Protista
17. _________ is a type of unicellular fungi.
a. athlete’s foot
b. yeast
c. ringworm
18. The Venus Fly Trap is a heterotrophic plant.
a. True
b. False
19. An algal bloom is a rapid increase in the
production of algae.
a. True
b. False
20. Non-vascular plants have _________ to take in
water and nutrients.
a. roots
b. rhizoids
c. hyphae