Biodiversity

Class 9 · Biology · 6 questions

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________

The science of classifying organisms is called:
- A Genetics
- B Ecology
- C Taxonomy
- D Cytology
The scientific name of an organism has how many parts in binomial nomenclature?
- A Three
- B Four
- C Two
- D One
Who introduced binomial nomenclature?
- A Pasteur
- B Linnaeus
- C Mendel
- D Darwin
Which is the largest group in classification?
- A Species
- B Family
- C Kingdom
- D Genus
Which kingdom contains bacteria?
- A Animalia
- B Plantae
- C Fungi
- D Monera
Mushrooms and yeast belong to the kingdom:
- A Plantae
- B Fungi
- C Protista
- D Animalia

Answer key

1. C, 2. C, 3. B, 4. C, 5. D, 6. B

Taxonomy names and groups organisms.
It has a genus name and a species name.
Carolus Linnaeus introduced the two name system.
The order is kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. Kingdom is the largest.
Bacteria are prokaryotes placed in Kingdom Monera.
They are fungi, which absorb food from their surroundings.