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Chapter 18 classification
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review of concepts discussed in ch 18
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the 3 domains are
monera, plant and animal
protista, plant and animal
archaea, eukarya, bacteria
fungi, plant and animal
2
the largest and most inclusive Linnaean taxonomic category is
phylum
kingdom
order
domain
3
Based on their names, you know that Homo sapien and Homo erectus do not belong to the same
class
order
species
family
4
the classification category " genus" contains many different species
false
true
5
A dichotomous key can be used to identify organisms.
true
false
6
the classification category "family" contain many different classes.
true
false
7
Each node on a cladogram represents the
last point at which 2 groups shared a common ancestor
point at which one or more species became extinct
most recent pt at which a trait was lost in a certain clade
8
The grouping of organisms based on their common descent is called
traditional classification
evolutionary classification
derived characters
binomial nomenclature
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What do you call a fake noodle?
a rotini
I give up, your jokes are stupid
a ziti
an impasta
10
At any level of organization, groups that have biological meaning are referred to as
binomials
cladograms
systems
taxa
11
One reason common names are not useful to biologists is that they
can apply to more than one organism
are in Latin
are too long
require the use of a dichotomous key
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When classifying organisms, a monophyletic group includes one
ancestor and all its descendents
species and genus
species and all its ancestors
genus and all its species
13
Often, the second part of a scientific name is
a description of a trait or a habitat
different in different locations
the same as for other members of the same species
capitalized if it derives from a proper name
14
which of the following correctly lists the 5 kingdoms
protista, monera, fungi, plant and animal
prokaryote, eukaryote, fungi, plant and animal
protozoa, monera, plant, animal, fungi
15
According to the rules of binomial nomenclature, which of the terms is capitalized?
the genus name only
the species name only
neither the genus nor the species name
both the genus and the species names
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In biology, a trat that arose in an ancstor & is passed along to its descndnts is refer'd to as
a molecular clock
a taxonomic group
a physical similarity
a derived character
