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Organization of Living Things Quiz
1. True or False: Kingdom Bacteria, Kingdom Archaea, Kingdom Protista,
Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Fungi, and Kingdom Animalia are the six
kingdoms of life.
2. True or False: Binomial nomenclature gives a scientific name to every
organism.
3. What is a species?
4. In Homo sapiens, what is the genus and what is the species?
5. What is the least specific groping in the modern classification system?
6. Which of the following is in the correct order from least specific to
most specific?
a) class – order – family - genus
b) class – phylum – genus - species
c) kingdom – phylum – order - class
d) phylum – order – class - species
7. Which two animals are most closely related?
a) lions and bears
b) mice and bats
c) tigers and lions
d) butterflies and spiders
8. What is the science of naming and grouping organisms?
a) evolution
b) binomial nomenclature
c) taxonomy
d) classify
9. Which best defines a mammal?
a) Mammals with collar bones and grasping fingers.
b) Chordates with fur or hair and milk glands.
c) Animals with a backbone.
d) Primates with relatively flat faces and three-dimensional vision.
10. Who is considered the inventor of modern taxonomy?
a) the Greek philosopher Aristotle
b) Charles Darwin
c) Carl Linnaeus
d) Charles Linnaeus