Name: _______KEY____________
Chapter 3 Quiz
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. A system for classifying organisms according to their characteristics was developed by:
A. Darwin.
C. Linnaeus.
B. Taxonomists.
D. None of the above
____ 2. Bacteria are classified as prokaryotic cells and are included in the Kingdom:
a. Archaebacteria or Eubacteria.
C. Fungi.
b. Protista.
D. Plantae.
____ 3. One major function of organisms classified in the Kingdom Fungi is to:
A. make food from the sun’s energy.
B. break down dead organisms.
C. catch tiny organisms like plankton.
D. live in deep sea vents.
____ 4. Which of the following choices is NOT one of the 6 kingdoms used to classify living
things?
a. Kingdom Protista
b. Kingdom Animalia
c. Kingdom Mineralia
d. Kingdom Plantae
____ 5. The process of classifying and identifying living things is called:
A. photosynthesis.
C. taxonomy
B. Linnaeusism.
D. filing
____ 6. What is the major difference between plants and bacteria?
a. Plants use a process called photosynthesis.
b. Bacteria are single-celled.
c. Plants have eukaryotic cells.
d. All of the above
____ 7. The scientific name given to humans is:
a. Felis domesticus.
b. Gato domesticus.
c. Homo sapiens.
d. Carolus linnaeus.
____ 8. The two-part scientific name of an organism is given as a combination of:
A. family and genus.
C. kingdom and family.
B. genus and species.
D. kingdom and order.
____ 9. If “quercus” is the genus name and “rubrus” is the species name for a red oak tree,
which is the most correct written form of the red oak tree’s scientific name?
a. rubrus quercus
c. Quercus rubrus
b. Rubrus quercus
d. Quercus Rubrus
____ 10. Species from the Kingdom Plantae include:
a. mushrooms.
b. bacteria.
c. cats.
d. trees.
____ 11. When classifying bacteria, scientists divide them into two Kingdoms based on
whether they are:
a. prokaryotic or eukaryotic.
b. producers or consumers.
c. primitive or true.
d. multicellular or single-celled.
____ 12. At this time, the number of kingdoms recognized by most scientists is:
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 6
____ 13. Why is it important for scientists to classify living things?
a. It makes it easier to identify living things with similar characteristics.
b. It allows scientists to understand relationships between different living things.
c. It helps scientists to keep track of the huge variety of living things.
d. All of the above
List the six kingdoms of living things:
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
To classify a living thing into a kingdom scientist ask 3 questions about the organism. What
are they?
Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic
Autotrophic or Heterotrophic
Unicellular or Multicellular
Write the levels of classification. ( in order)
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species