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Reviewing classification and taxonomy.

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1. Which of the following levels of classification contains the greatest number of organisms?

kingdom

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2. All organisms have two scientific names. What classification levels do these names identify?

genus and species

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3. What is the smallest level of classification - where the organisms can mate with each other and where the offspring can also mate and produce offspring?

species

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4. The science of identifying and classifying organisms into groups based on shared characteristics is called

taxonomy

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5. The scientist that created the modern classification system is...

Carolus Linnaeus

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6. An organism’s species name is domesticus. Its genus name is Felix. What is the scientific name of the organism?

Felix domesticus

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7. List the 7 classification categories in order from the largest, most general group to the smallest, most specific group.

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

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8. Organisms in the animal, plant, protista and fungi kingdoms are all part of which domain?

Eukaryota

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9. Organisms found in this kingdom are known as decomposers; they are different from plants because they do not perform photosynthesis.

Fungi

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10. This type of bacteria has existed on Earth at least 3 billion years and is considered an “ancient” type of life.

Archaebacteria

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The diagram shows taxonomic groups and a mjaor distinguishing characteristic for all but two of them. Which characteristics will be used to complete the chart?

Autotrophic / Heterotrophic

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Arthropods are joint- legged animals. Spiders, crabs, pill bugs, centipedes, and millipedes are examples of the many types of arthropods. Which of these arthropod groups are most closely related?

Arthropods of the same species

Arthropods of the same genus

Arthropods of the same family

Arthropods of the same class

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The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms is called...

phylogeny

Phylogeny

Ancestry

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According to the cladogram, lungs are a trait that is present in which of the following organisms?

fish, monkey, hagfish

frog, hagfish, bird

fish, frog, lizard

lizard, pigeon, mouse

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What does the presence of similar genes in very dissimilar organisms imply?

The genes were produced by different selection pressures

The organisms do not share a common ancestor

The organisms share a common ancestor

The genes became identical through mutation

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Using the information below, which of the following would be characteristic of the kingdom bacteria? 1 Cell wall 2 Cell Membrane 3 Multicellular 4 Heterotrophic 5 Autotrophic

1,2,4,and 5

1 and 3

1,2,3,and 5

1,2, and 5

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