8th grade animals and habitats
8th grade (Year 9 in England) · 10 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-LS4-2 · England: GCSE Biology: Classification of living organisms
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Question 1
Why do scientists use Latin binomial names such as Homo sapiens?
- A. Everyone in every country uses the same name for a species
- B. Only Latin speakers study biology
- C. Latin names are shorter
- D. Common names are not allowed
Question 2
Which two organisms are most closely related? Quercus robur, Quercus ilex, Fagus sylvatica, Pinus sylvestris
- A. Quercus ilex + Fagus sylvatica
- B. Pinus sylvestris + Fagus sylvatica
- C. Quercus robur + Quercus ilex
- D. Quercus ilex + Pinus sylvestris
Question 3
Lions (Panthera leo) and leopards (Panthera pardus) are in the same genus. Which other level must they also share?
- A. nothing else
- B. only the kingdom, nothing in between
- C. family
- D. species
Question 4
Which two organisms are most closely related? Canis latrans, Vulpes vulpes, Canis lupus, Ursus arctos
- A. Vulpes vulpes + Ursus arctos
- B. Canis lupus + Canis latrans
- C. Canis latrans + Vulpes vulpes
- D. Canis lupus + Ursus arctos
Question 5
Lions (Panthera leo) and leopards (Panthera pardus) are in the same genus. Which other level must they also share?
- A. nothing else
- B. species
- C. family
- D. only the kingdom, nothing in between
Question 6
Which two organisms are most closely related? Canis lupus, Felis catus, Panthera leo, Panthera tigris
- A. Felis catus + Canis lupus
- B. Panthera tigris + Felis catus
- C. Panthera leo + Panthera tigris
- D. Panthera leo + Felis catus
Question 7
Who devised the system of two-part names for living things?
- A. Gregor Mendel
- B. Louis Pasteur
- C. Carl Linnaeus
- D. Charles Darwin
Question 8
Which two organisms are most closely related? Ursus arctos, Ursus maritimus, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Canis lupus
- A. Ursus maritimus + Ursus arctos
- B. Ursus maritimus + Ailuropoda melanoleuca
- C. Ailuropoda melanoleuca + Canis lupus
- D. Ursus arctos + Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Question 9
Why do scientists use Latin binomial names such as Homo sapiens?
- A. Everyone in every country uses the same name for a species
- B. Latin names are shorter
- C. Common names are not allowed
- D. Only Latin speakers study biology
Question 10
Which two organisms are most closely related? Canis lupus, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Ursus maritimus, Ursus arctos
- A. Ailuropoda melanoleuca + Canis lupus
- B. Ursus arctos + Ailuropoda melanoleuca
- C. Ursus arctos + Canis lupus
- D. Ursus maritimus + Ursus arctos
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