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JCE (Botswana) Classification of Living Things — practice questions

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Into how many kingdoms are all living organisms divided?Read the answer and worked solution →A scientific name is written with two words. What does the first word give?Read the answer and worked solution →Which set of features belongs to fish?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Into how many kingdoms are all living organisms divided?

  1. Three
  2. Seven
  3. Nine
  4. Five
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Correct answer: D. Five

1. Living organisms are sorted into groups by the features they share. 2. The largest groups are the kingdoms, and there are five of them. 3. They are animals, plants, fungi, protists and bacteria. 4. Each kingdom is then split into phyla, classes, orders, families, genera and species. _Source: Siyavula Natural Sciences Grade 7 (CC BY 4.0), Our classification system_

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A scientific name is written with two words. What does the first word give?

  1. The genus
  2. The species
  3. The kingdom
  4. The order
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Correct answer: A. The genus

1. Every organism is given a two word scientific name in Latin. 2. This naming system is called binomial nomenclature, meaning two names. 3. The first word names the genus and always starts with a capital letter. 4. The second word names the species within that genus. 5. Humans are Homo sapiens, so Homo is the genus and sapiens is the species. 6. Kingdom and order are much larger groups and never appear in the two word name. _Source: Siyavula Natural Sciences Grade 7 (CC BY 4.0), Our classification system_

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Which set of features belongs to fish?

  1. Lungs, scales and fins
  2. Gills, fur and wings
  3. Gills, scales and fins
  4. Lungs, fur and claws
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Correct answer: C. Gills, scales and fins

1. Fish live in water and take oxygen from it using gills. 2. Their bodies are covered in scales and they swim using fins. 3. So gills, scales and fins go together as features of fish. 4. Lungs, fur and claws belong to mammals rather than to fish. _Source: Siyavula Natural Sciences Grade 7 (CC BY 4.0), Fish_

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