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A review quiz meant to overview Taxonomy and Classification meant for Freshman Biology Classes
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1
Which of the following biological classification groups has the most organisms?
Class
Order
Phylum
Kingdom
2
What is the name of this dinosaur?
Stegosaurus
Apatosaurus
Pterosaurus
Triceratops
3
Which is correct about the taxonomic system currently used to classify organisms?
Different families of organisms belong to the same Genus
Many different classes of organisms belong to the same order
All organisms of a given phylum belong to the same kingdom
All organisms of a given order belong to the same species.
4
Which of these taxons is the most inclusive?
Order
Species
Family
Class
5
Based on the cladogram, which populations would have the most similar DNA?
primates and rabbits
crocodiles and rodents
sharks and fish
fish and amphibians
6
If two organisms are in the same class, they must also be in the same?
genus and species
phylum and genus
kingdom and family
kingdom and phylum
7
Which of these derived characteristics do Tuna and Salamanders share?
Jaws
Amniotic egg
Four walking legs
Hair
8
The discipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism an accepted name is called?
Taxon
Phylogeny
Evolutionary classification
Taxonomy
9
Which information would a scientist use to classify the genus and species of a plant?
The type of insect that is attracted to the flowers
The location where this plant grows best
The physical traits this plant shares with other plants
The time of year flowers bloom on the plant
10
Based on the cladogram which of these populations has gone for the longest unchanged?
Dinosaur
Sharks
Amphibian
Primates
11
Dichotomous keys are used to determine?
name
ancestry
range
habitat preference
12
Based on the key determine the family name of bird X
Camarhynchus
Platyspiza
Certhidea
Geospiza
13
Method of grouping organisms together according to their evolutionary history
Cladogram
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Evolutionary classification
14
Which of these biological classification groups has the fewest members?
Family
Genus
Species
Class
15
All of the following are classification levels except
Class
Phylum
Protist
Order
16
How many taxonomic levels did Linnaeus have in his original classifications scheme?
Five
Seven
One
Three
17
Based on the cladogram, identify the population most closely related to the ray-finned fish
Crocodile
Sharks
Birds
Amphibians
18
Which of these derived characteristics is the most recent to appear in this cladogram?
hair
jaws
vertebral column
amniotic egg
19
The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms
Botany
Phylogeny
Biology
Taxonomy
20
Carl Linnaeus developed a system of naming for all forms of life using a system called?
binomial nomenclature
cladograms
classification scaffolds
dichotomous keys
