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This document contains a classification test with multiple choice questions about classifying different types of organisms, including animals, plants, fish, frogs and more. The questions test knowledge of using classification keys and the binomial system to identify organisms based on features and characteristics.

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Classification Test

1 The diagram shows features used in classifying the golden eagle.


To which groups, used in classification, do P and Q refer?

2 The diagram shows an animal whose scientific name is Loxodonta africana.


To which species does it belong?
A africana
B Loxodonta
C mammal
D vertebrate

3 The diagram shows part of a flowering plant.


Using the key, identify this plant.

1 three petals …………………………………… go to 2


more than three petals ………………………. go to 3

2 leaves longer than they are wide …………… A


leaves wider than they are long ..…………… B

3 leaves parallel-veined ……………………….. C


leaves not parallel-veined …………………… D

4 Which information is needed when classifying a frog using the binomial system?
A class : amphibian
B genus : Rana
C kingdom : animal
D phylum : vertebrate

5 Which type of living animal has a rough, dry, scaly skin?


A amphibian
B fish
C mammal
D reptile

6 Which of the four vertebrates in the table is a mammal?

7 The picture shows an animal. What is the name of this animal according to the binomial system?
A Catus
B Felis leo
C Male African lion
D Top African jungle carnivore

8 The diagram shows a fish.

Use the key to identify the fish.

1 black stripe across the eye ..………… go to 2


no black stripe across the eye ..….……….. A

2 black stripe on caudal fin……………. go to 3


no black stripe on caudal fin ……………… B

3 black spot below dorsal fin ………….…….. C


no black spot below dorsal fin ……………. D

9 The diagram shows some external features of a rat.


Which features, seen in the diagram, show that a rat is a mammal?
A tail and two eyes
B fur and whiskers
C tail and four legs
D milk and sweat production

10 The diagram shows four arthropods.


Which arthropod is an insect?

11 Fig. 1.1 shows a mayfly nymph (a larva) that lives in water.

(a) (i) List two features, visible in Fig. 1.1, that show this is an insect.

1. ................................................................................................................

2. ............................................................................................................ [2]

12 Fig. 1.1 shows six different fish.


Use the key below to identify each fish. Write the name of each fish in the correct box of Table 1.1.
As you work through the key, tick the boxes in Table 1.1. to show how you identified each fish. Fish
A has been identified for you as an example
[5]

13 Toads are amphibians. Only two species are native to Britain, the Common toad (Bufo bufo)
and the Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita). Natterjack toads like warm sandy soil in open and sunny
habitats, with shallow pools for breeding. Examples of these habitats are heathland and sand
dunes. Common toads like cooler, more shady habitats, such as woodland.

(a) (i) Name one external feature that identifies an animal as an amphibian.

…....................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Amphibians are a class of vertebrate.


Name two other vertebrate classes.

1. …..........................................................................

2. ….......................................................................... [2]

(b) State one piece of information from the passage to show that the Common toad and
Natterjack toad are closely related species.

…............................................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................................................ [1]

14 Select from the list the name of the group of animals that best fits each description.

Write your choice in Table 1.1.

arachnid, bird, crustacean


insect, mammal, mollusc
nematode

[5]
15 1 Fig. 1.1 shows a bacterium, a virus and a fungus.

(a) Complete the table to compare the three organisms shown in Fig. 1.1 by using a tick
(√) to indicate if the organism shows the feature, or a cross (x) if it does not. The first
row has been completed for you. [3]

(b) Explain how the fungus shown in Fig. 1.1 is adapted to obtain its food.

…............................................................................................................................................

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…............................................................................................................................................

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........................................................................................................................................... [2]
(c) Explain how the fungus spreads to new sources of food.

…............................................................................................................................................

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