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  • 5. The scientist that created the modern classification system is...
    Carolus Linnaeus
  • 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 family
    Arthropods of the same genus
    Arthropods of the same species
    Arthropods of the same class
  • 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
  • 9. Organisms found in this kingdom are known as decomposers; they are different from plants because they do not perform photosynthesis.
    Fungi
  • With the advent of new biotechnology, which aspect does modern classification tend to rely on for the definitive classification of organisms?
    bone similarities
    fossil similarities
    DNA similarities
    embryonic similarities
  • cell in Figure 20 most likely belongs to an organism classified in the kingdom --
    Animal
    Plantae
    Bacteria
    Archae
  • The two kingdoms composed entirely of unicellular organisms without a nucleus are --
    Archaea and Protista
    Bacteria and Archaea
    Bacteria and Protista
    Protista and Fungi
  • Each species of organism has a universally accepted scientific name that scientists assigned using a system known as --
    cladistics
    Binomial nomenclature
    The name system
    the three domains
  • Based on their scientific names, a scientist would know that the organisms Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar do not belong to the same --
    Class
    Genus
    Family
    Species
  • 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
  • Carolus Linnaeus developed a system for grouping organisms according to their similarities. What is this classification system called?
    Taxonomy
    Botany
    Cladistics
    Domains
  • 8. Organisms in the animal, plant, protista and fungi kingdoms are all part of which domain?
    Eukaryota
  • Both euglena and cyanobacteria are photosynthetic unicellular organisms found in pond water. The feature that distinguishes euglena (Protista) from cyanobacteria is the —
    ability to reproduce
    ability to maintain homeostasis
    presence of a nuclear membrane
    presence of ribosomes
  • A scientist exploring in the rainforest found an unclassified organism. It was multicellular and made of multiple thread-like structures. The organism had cells with a nucleus and a cell wall made of chitin. The scientists should classif
    Fungi
    Bacteria
    Plantae
    Protista
  • 1. Which of the following levels of classification contains the greatest number of organisms?
    kingdom
  • 6. An organism’s species name is domesticus. Its genus name is Felix. What is the scientific name of the organism?
    Felix domesticus
  • A student collected the animal shown on a field trip. The student used a dichotomous key and a microscope to classify the animal. How should this animal be classified?
    Arthropoda
    Mollusca
    Annelida
    Platyhelminthes
  • Which two vertebrates are most closely related?
    A and E
    A and C
    B and D
    B and E
  • 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, and 5
    1,2,4,and 5
    1 and 3
    1,2,3,and 5
  • 4. The science of identifying and classifying organisms into groups based on shared characteristics is called
    taxonomy
  • Which trait is shared by the organisms classified in kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia?
    They contain only multicellular organisms
    They are made up of eukaryotic cells
    They all are photosynthetic autotrophs
    They are made up of cells that lack a nucleus
  • The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms is called...
    phylogeny
    Phylogeny
    Ancestry
  • Which kingdom contains multicellular heterotrophs without cell walls?
    Plantae
    Animals
    Protista
    Fungi
  • According to the cladogram, lungs are a trait that is present in which of the following organisms?
    lizard, pigeon, mouse
    fish, frog, lizard
    frog, hagfish, bird
    fish, monkey, hagfish
  • What does the presence of similar genes in very dissimilar organisms imply?
    The organisms share a common ancestor
    The organisms do not share a common ancestor
    The genes became identical through mutation
    The genes were produced by different selection pressures
  • 10. This type of bacteria has existed on Earth at least 3 billion years and is considered an “ancient” type of life.
    Archaebacteria
  • 2. All organisms have two scientific names. What classification levels do these names identify?
    genus and species
  • 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
  • The main advantage of multicellularity is that
    it allows division of labor
    it allows for the most rapid population growth
    it tends to regulate population growth more efficiently
    it prevents cells from specializing in only one or a few fun