CLASSIFICATION QUIZ

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1.  Which of the following is the larger classification of organisms?
A. Species.
B. Genus.
C. Family.
D. Order.

2.  Guinea pigs and mice have differences in 18 of the 51 amino acids found in the protein hormone, insulin. Humans and mice also have the same number of differences in their insulin hormones. What can you conclude about the relationship between guinea pigs and mice?

A. They look similar, thus they are more closely related to one another than they are to humans.
B. They look similar, but they are no more related to one another than mice are to humans.
C. They look similar, thus they belong to the same species.
D. They have larger differences in their protein structures, thus they belong to different kingdoms.

3.  Which of the following would be used to classify an organism?
A. Biochemical analysis.
B. The structure of the organism.
C. The behavior of the organism.
D. All of the above.

4.  GROUP: DOMESTIC CAT LEOPARD DEER
Kingdom: Animalia Animalia Animalia

Phylum: Chordata Chordata Chordata

Class: Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia

Order: Carnivora Carnivora Artiodactyla

Family: Felidae Felidae Cervidae

Genus: Felis Panthera Odocoileus

Species: cattus pardus virginianus


Based on the information above - At which level do deer and leopards differ?
A. Phylum.
B. Class.
C. Kingdom.
D. Order.

5.  GROUP: DOMESTIC CAT LEOPARD DEER
Kingdom: Animalia Animalia Animalia

Phylum: Chordata Chordata Chordata

Class: Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia

Order: Carnivora Carnivora Artiodactyla

Family: Felidae Felidae Cervidae

Genus: Felis Panthera Odocoileus

Species: cattus pardus virginianus


Based upon the information above - which two species are most closely related?

A. Domestic cat and deer.
B. Leopard and domestic cat.
C. Deer and leopard.
D. All three are equally related.

6.  GROUP: DOMESTIC CAT LEOPARD DEER
Kingdom: Animalia Animalia Animalia

Phylum: Chordata Chordata Chordata

Class: Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia

Order: Carnivora Carnivora Artiodactyla

Family: Felidae Felidae Cervidae

Genus: Felis Panthera Odocoileus

Species: cattus pardus virginianus


Based upon the information above - what is the binomial nomenclature of a leopard?

A. Mammalia.
B. Felidae.
C. Panthera pardus.
D. Chordata.

7.  Which of the following correctly sequences organisms from the simplest to the most complex?
A. Eubacteria, plant, protist.
B. Eubacteria, protist, animal.
C. Fungi, animal, archaebacteria.
D. Plant, fungi, protist.

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