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Classification levels and scientific (binomial) names

8th grade (Year 9 in England) · 11 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-LS4-2 · England: GCSE Biology: Classification of living organisms

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Question 1
Which two organisms are most closely related? Pinus sylvestris, Quercus robur, Quercus ilex, Fagus sylvatica
- A. Quercus robur + Quercus ilex
- B. Quercus robur + Pinus sylvestris
- C. Quercus ilex + Fagus sylvatica
- D. Pinus sylvestris + Fagus sylvatica
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Question 2
Lions (Panthera leo) and leopards (Panthera pardus) are in the same genus. Which other level must they also share?
- A. species
- B. family
- C. only the kingdom, nothing in between
- D. nothing else
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Question 3
Which two organisms are most closely related? Panthera tigris, Panthera leo, Felis catus, Canis lupus
- A. Panthera leo + Panthera tigris
- B. Panthera tigris + Felis catus
- C. Felis catus + Canis lupus
- D. Panthera tigris + Canis lupus
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Question 4
Who devised the system of two-part names for living things?
- A. Gregor Mendel
- B. Carl Linnaeus
- C. Charles Darwin
- D. Louis Pasteur
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Question 5
Which two organisms are most closely related? Vulpes vulpes, Canis latrans, Ursus arctos, Canis lupus
- A. Canis lupus + Vulpes vulpes
- B. Canis latrans + Ursus arctos
- C. Canis lupus + Canis latrans
- D. Canis latrans + Vulpes vulpes
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Question 6
Who devised the system of two-part names for living things?
- A. Charles Darwin
- B. Louis Pasteur
- C. Carl Linnaeus
- D. Gregor Mendel
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Question 7
Which two organisms are most closely related? Felis catus, Canis lupus, Panthera leo, Panthera tigris
- A. Panthera leo + Canis lupus
- B. Panthera leo + Panthera tigris
- C. Panthera tigris + Canis lupus
- D. Felis catus + Canis lupus
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Question 8
Why do scientists use Latin binomial names such as Homo sapiens?
- A. Common names are not allowed
- B. Latin names are shorter
- C. Everyone in every country uses the same name for a species
- D. Only Latin speakers study biology
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Question 9
Which two organisms are most closely related? Canis lupus, Panthera leo, Panthera tigris, Felis catus
- A. Panthera leo + Canis lupus
- B. Panthera leo + Panthera tigris
- C. Panthera leo + Felis catus
- D. Panthera tigris + Canis lupus
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Question 10
Who devised the system of two-part names for living things?
- A. Gregor Mendel
- B. Charles Darwin
- C. Carl Linnaeus
- D. Louis Pasteur
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Question 11
Which two organisms are most closely related? Vulpes vulpes, Ursus arctos, Canis lupus, Canis latrans
- A. Vulpes vulpes + Ursus arctos
- B. Canis lupus + Vulpes vulpes
- C. Canis latrans + Vulpes vulpes
- D. Canis lupus + Canis latrans

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