Biological Organisms Classification Quiz
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Organisms that are typically mobile and consume organic material
A. family
B. plantae
C. animalia
D. kingdom
E. eukarya
Division of organisms in a phylum, noted for common characteristics
A. class
B. kingdom
C. family
D. plantae
E. eukarya
Category within a class, grouping organisms with similar features
A. plantae
B. eukarya
C. family
D. kingdom
E. order
Science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics
A. eukarya
B. plantae
C. taxonomy
D. family
E. kingdom
Most specific rank in taxonomy, a group of interbreeding organisms
A. plantae
B. family
C. kingdom
D. eukarya
E. species
Organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes
A. kingdom
B. species
C. family
D. plantae
E. eukarya
Group of organisms sharing key structural and evolutionary traits
A. kingdom
B. family
C. plantae
D. eukarya
E. species
Use of DNA and genetic data to inform classifications and evolutionary relationships
A. eukarya
B. genetic taxonomy
C. kingdom
D. plantae
E. family
The rank immediately below or within taxonomic ranks to provide further distinctions
A. plantae
B. family
C. kingdom
D. eukarya
E. suborder
Group within a family, consisting of species with common attributes
A. kingdom
B. plantae
C. genus
D. eukarya
E. family
Highest taxonomic rank, dividing life into three groups
A. family
B. eukarya
C. kingdom
D. plantae
E. domain
Category of organisms based on major structural similarities and evolutionary history
A. eukarya
B. family
C. plantae
D. kingdom
E. phylum
Organisms that carry out photosynthesis
A. eukarya
B. family
C. kingdom
D. plantae
E. species
Group of closely related organisms within an order
A. species
B. kingdom
C. family
D. eukarya
E. plantae