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Whic is the basis for Linnaeus' biological classification system?
behavioral and morphological comparisons
relationships with humans
whether or not they share friends on social media
evolutionary relationships
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Why can viruses be considered living?
they have a brain
they contain genetic material
they can reproduce
they can live outside a host cell
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A group of related classes is called
class
phylum
phylogeny
kingdom
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How many animal kingdoms are there?
3
5
2
6
5
In Aristotle's system of classification, animals were classified on the basis of their
environment
red blood or bloodless
similarities
size and structure
6
The system for identifying organisms that uses two words to name the species is
dichotomous keying
cladistics
binomial nomenclature
fan diagramming
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Slime mold is a
Fungi
Protist
Bacteria
virus
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A group of related orders is called
class
order
family
phylum
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What is a Taxon
A living thing
A cell
A nucleus
A group of organisms
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Moss would be found in which Kingdom?
Fungi
Protista
Animalia
Plantae
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A group of related families is called
family
phylum
class
order
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Why is binomial nomenclature important?
To identify which domain the organism belongs to.
Because latin and greek need to be used more.
Because some organisms have several common names.
It is not.
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Linnaeus used similarities in structure to determine relationships among organisms
False
True
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a sponge is a(n)
verbrete in the plant kingdom
inveterate in the plant kingdom
vertebrate in the animal kingdom
invertebrate in the animal kingdom
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Organisms that do not fit into other kingdoms
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
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Lichen is in the _______ Kingdom
protista
plantae
bacteria
fungi
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A heterotrophic eukaryote that absorbs nutrients from organic materials in the environment is a(n)
bacterium
animal
herbivore
fungus
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what is a cladogram?
a table that shows evolutionary relationships
A drawing of Mrs. Gardner's favorite animals on a tree
A diagram showing the history of the Earth
a diagram that is based on patterns of shared traits
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How does the Biological Species Concept define species?
Species are most inclusive group of organisms for genetic exchangeability
Species are lineage evolving separately from others
Species are smallest diagnosable clusters of individual organisms
Species are groups of interbreeding populations
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What is the molecular clock?
The timeline of the cration of the elements.
The tracking of cellular processes.
A technique used to trace the dates of genetic changes.
The timeline of a cells life.
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A virus is a living thing
True
False
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A group of related species is called
phylum
genus
kingdom
class
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Which domain has organisms whose cell walls lack peptidoglycan?
Archaea
Bacteria
Fungi
Plantae
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The 8 Taxa are?
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Division Group Species
Division Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Grouping Species
Division Kingdom Phylum Class Order Genus Species
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The branch of biology that groups and names organisms is called
classification
nomenclature
taxonomy
phylogeny
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in fungi, made of chitin
cytoskeleton
vacoule
cell membrane
cell wall
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The phylogenetic species concept...
views a species in terms of its ecological niche
characterizes species based on size and structural features
defines a species as a group of animals that can interbreed
defines species based on their common ancestor
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A classification system based on phylogeny is called cladistics
True
False
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A group of related phyla is called
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
genus
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Evolutionary history of a species is called
cladistics
family
phylogeny
Kingdom
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Taxonomy
The scientific study of how living things are classified
An action or change in behavior
A cell captures energy in sunlight and uses it to make food
The maintenance of stable internal condition
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In the scientific name of the White Oak, Quercus alba, Quercus is the
Phylum name
Species Name
Kingdom Name
Genus name
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What is binomial nomenclature?
The naming system developed by Aristotle
Grouping animals based on how they move
Classifying organisms into seven levels
A naming system in witch organism is giving a two-part name
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The placing of information or objects into groups based on similarities is
phylogeny
speciation
biochemical analysis
classification
