Life Sciences: classification quiz
Can you answer the following questions?
- What is the next smallest classification after “order”?
- What is the smallest classification group?
- Name the two classification groups that all living organisms share.
- Which part of the scientific name is capitalised?
- What is binomial nomenclature?
Answers:
- Family
- Species
- Genus and species
- The first letter of the genus
- A name made up of two names
Educational puzzles for children
Looking for a fun way to get younger children to engage with the scientific treasures discovered in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site? What about a maze that goes through the Dinaledi chamber? Or a join-the-dots puzzle that traces some of the most important fossils found on the African continent?
These brilliant worksheets were created by Professor Tracy Kivell at the University of Kent, and are provided here with her kind permission.