Classification of Living Things

Name of a structure that is undersized and seems to be "leftover" from an ancestor?

If 2 organisms are in the same class but different orders, they are also in the same

The organisms in the plant kingdom are further broken down into __________________

The evolutionary history of an organism is referred to as

The difference between a cladogram and a phylogenetic tree is

The consideration that compares and contrasts amino acid sequences in proteins is called

The taxonomic category that has the greatest diversity of organisms within a given kingdom is

Polar bears and brown bears don't interbreed because of a __________________ barrier

What is the type of cell that doesn't have a nucleus?

The first word of a scientific name is ____________, this unit of classification.

Who is the man responsible for the first modern system of classification?

Which of the following is not a domain in the three-domain system?

The second word in a scientific name is the ______________, this unit of classification.

In what language are all scientific name written?

What characteristic is shared by all of the members of the domain Eukarya?

How do animal-like protists move?

Who is credited with the idea of natural selection?

Which of the following is a name that Aristotle gave a group of plants?

The wing of a butterfly and wing of a bird are _________________ structures

Why is the interaction of a fungi and plant roots important?

Linnaeus based his classifications on

What is a lichen?

Which of the following is not a kingdom in the domain Eukarya?

The science of identification and classification is called?

A diagram that shows a group of organisms being compared using derived characters is a

A saprophyte eats _________________ as food

Two frogs of different color have structures in common so these structures are ___________

The consideration that classifies organisms based on the number and type of chromosomes is

What name is given two structures that have similar structures but different functions?

The system of naming organism during classification is known as

Common names are not used in classification because _______________________

These are essentially super kingdoms

What structure makes up most of a fungi?

A system of naming in which the organism is assigned a two-part name is called?

The first subdivision of a kingdom (except plants) is a?

Who was the first man to attempt to classify living organisms?

Term given to two structures that are similar in function but not related in structure

What unit of classification is found between family and species?

Classification using cladistics involves using ____________ when comparing groups

In modern classification, the considerations for classification are

When considerations like structural similarities are used to classify, this method is called

What is the name of a classification key in which there are always two choices?

A group of organisms that can interbreed and have fertile offspring is called?

Which of the following is not a group that Aristotle used for animals?

This concept states that organisms that are best suited for their environment will survive