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A biologist discovers a new organism. What helps the biologist classify the new organism into a specific group?
a) How long the organism lives
b) Where the organism lives
c) Common traits with the other organisms
d) How recently the organism was discovered

In the modern classification system, what category has the most organisms?
a) Family
b) Order
c) Kingdom
d) Phylum

Which of the following are the three main classification domains?
a) Fungus, Plants and Animals
b) Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
c) Protist, Fungus, and Plants
d) Bacteria, Virus and Eukarya

India examines prepared slides that her teacher has given her. One of the slides shows a single-celled organism that lives in soil. It has a nucleus and several internal structures. To which domain does the organism likely belong?
a) Archaea
b) Bacteria
c) Eukarya
d) Protista

A science class is studying an organism. Using a microscope, the class observed that the cells have nuclei and chloroplasts. In which domain would the organism most likely be classified?
a) Bacteria
b) Archaea
c) Eukarya
d) Plantae

What are the two parts of a scientific name?
a) Domain and Kingdom
b) Phylum and Class
c) Genus and Species
d) Domain and Species

As Carolus Linnaeus was growing up, he was interested in botany and in the names of plants. His ideas have influenced generations of biologists. How did Carolus Linnaeus contribute to modern classification systems?
a) He identified the three domains of life.
b) He developed two-part scientific names.
c) He standardized common names of organisms.
d) He used chemical characteristics to classify organisms.

A branching diagram uses shared characteristics to classify organisms. On a branching diagram that compares the major kingdoms of Domain Eukarya, what label might appear to differentiate animals from organisms in the other kingdoms?
a) single-celled, make own food
b) multicellular, make own food
c) multicellular, move independently
d) release digestive juices into surroundings

Which of the following identifies the levels of classification in correct order?
a) Genus, Species, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Domain, Kingdom
b) Domain, Kingdom, Genus, Species, Phylum, Class, Order, Family
c) Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d) Species, Genus, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Kingdom, Domain

Greg is studying an organism that was retrieved from a hot thermal spring. It is a single celled organism without a nucleus. Which of the following domains would this organism belong to?
a) Eukarya
b) Bacteria
c) Archaea
d) Protista

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