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Classification review
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1
How did Aristotle divide his animal group?
Land, air, water
Herbs, shrubs, trees
swimming, flying, walking
2
Animals in the same class must be in the same genus.
True
False
3
Animals in the same family must be in the same class.
True
False
4
Organisms are named and classified based on physical characteristics in
molecular clocks
Linnaean taxonomy
evolutionary trees
cladograms
5
The branch of biology that studies the classification of living organisms is
taxonomy
taxidermy
cladistics
zoology
6
Scientific names are made up of
kingdom and phylum
class and order
family and genus
genus and species
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hich of the following is most commonly defined as a group of organisms produce offspring?
genus
phylum
order
species
8
How many kingdoms are in the current tree of life?
3
6
2
7
9
The name
Canis lupus
is an example of
phylogeny
binomial nomenclature
domain and kingdom
one clade
10
How many domains are there in the current tree of life?
Eight
Three
Seven
Two
11
Which represents a problem with common names?
Cougar, puma, and mountain lion are all the same cat.
Flying squirrels don't really fly
Mudpuppies are salamanders, not puppies.
Roly poly and pill bug are the same organism.
12
The evolutionary history for a group of species is called
clade
taxonomy
classification
phylogeny
13
One limitation of Linnaean classification is that
organizes organisms into groups
it is based upon only physical characteristics
does not use organisms' common names
scientists can discuss organisms
14
Kingdoms Animalia, Plantae, Protista, and Fungi are all in Domain
Prokarya
Eukarya
Bacteria
Archaea
15
Animals in the same phylum must be in the same kingdom.
False
True
16
Which of the following is correctly written in binomial nomenclature?
Ailurus fulgens
Red wolf
Ailurus Fulgens
Canis lupus
17
Kingdom Monera was divided into the following two kingdoms:
Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
Archaea and Prokaryote
Prokaryote and Eukaryote
Eukarya and Bacteria
18
Which description distinguishes eukaryotes from prokaryotes?
Eukaryotes have a cell wall
Eukaryotes have a nucleus
Eukaryotes are photosynthetic
Eukaryotes are multicellular
19
Which taxon would contain the most members?
Species
Phyllum
Kingdom
Domain
20
Which phrase best describes the Linnaean classification system?
Each level includes the more specific levels below.
There is only one kingdom.
The taxa are interchangeable.
Each genus contains one species.
21
Single-celled prokaryotes that survive in extreme conditions
Archaea
Bacteria
Protists
Animals
22
Who created the method of classification we used for 2000 years?
Aristotle
Linnaeus
Leeuwenhoek
Copernicus
23
In Linnaeus's original system, how many kingdoms did he have?
3
2
7
6
24
Which of the following lists accepted domains used by scientists?
Eukarya, Archaea, Bacteria
Bacteria, Protista, Eukarya
Archaebacteria, Eukarya, Eubacteria
Bacteria, Fungi, Protista
25
Which group of organisms is the most abundant on Earth?
Archaea
Animals
Plants
Bacteria
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What is one problem with using common names?
Scientists can more easily communicate with each other.
People may call the same organisms different names.
Everyone knows exactly what you mean.
Each species has one common name
