Unit 3 - Classification

Question 1

Which of the following kingdoms cannot be heterotrophic?

Accepted Answer

Plantae

Question 2

____ are traits shared by clade members.

Accepted Answer

Derived characteristics

Question 3

An unicellular autotroph is discovered in my pond. it would most likely be classified as...

Accepted Answer

Protista

Question 4

Plants that lack vascular tissue and depend on water for reproduction are classified as...

Accepted Answer

Seedless Non-vascular plants

Question 5

A prokaryotic organism is discovered in my classroom. It is most likely from which kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Eubacteria

Question 6

A multicellular, autotrophic, sexually reproducing organism is most likely...

Accepted Answer

Plantae

Question 7

There are ____ levels in the current classification system

Accepted Answer

8

Question 8

How many kingdoms are described by the current classification system?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 9

Based on Linnaean taxonomy, bats would be most closely related to...

Accepted Answer

Birds

Question 10

The organisms at the top of this cladogram are considered...

Accepted Answer

ancestral deviations

Question 11

What level of classification was introduced in the 1990's and is larger than a kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Domain

Question 12

Which of the following levels of classification are in the right order?

Accepted Answer

Class Order Family

Question 13

Swedish Botanist developed the scientific classification system still used today

Accepted Answer

Carolous Linnaeaus

Question 14

Which two organisms are most closely related?

Accepted Answer

Giant Panda and Red Panda

Question 15

Linnaeaus' classification system is based on...

Accepted Answer

Physical characteristics

Question 16

A ___ is to Linnaean classification as ___ is to cladistics.

Accepted Answer

Dichotomous Key; Cladogram

Question 17

If two species are in the same order, they must also be in all of the following except...

Accepted Answer

Family

Question 18

Which of the following belongs to the animal phylum porifera?

Accepted Answer

Sponge

Question 19

Which kingdom organisms have Eukaryotic cells surrounded by cells walls?

Accepted Answer

Both Plants and Fungi

Question 20

Cell walls of most Fungi contain a substance called...

Accepted Answer

Chitin

Question 21

To what kingdom do mushrooms belong?

Accepted Answer

Fungi

Question 22

Humans are classified into which Animal phylum?

Accepted Answer

Chordata

Question 23

What part of an organism's binomial nomenclature is first, capitalized, and italicized?

Accepted Answer

Genus

Question 24

In a cladogram, what is the intersection of two branches called?

Accepted Answer

Node

Question 25

What are the two major divisions of the animal kingdom?

Accepted Answer

invertebrate and vertebrate

Question 26

_____ similarities are the most accurate way to show evolutionary relationships.

Accepted Answer

molecular (DNA)

Unit 3 - Classification

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Unit 3 - Classification

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