What are the 8 levels of taxonomy order in from least to most specific?

domain kingdom phylum class order family genus species

What is the problem with the kingdom Protista?

Has a wide variety of not particularly related organisms

A cladogram is a diagram showing what?

The relationship between multiple species

What is the definition of derived characteristics?

The traits current organisms have that their ancestors don't

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The study of evolutionary history & relationships among individual or groups of organisms is...
taxonomy
phylogeny
systematics
cladistics
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What are the 8 levels of taxonomy order in from least to most specific?
domain kingdom phylum class order family genus species
species genus family order class phylum kingdom and domain
kingdom class order domain species genus family phylum
phylum class order kingdom species domain genus family
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What is the problem with the kingdom Protista?
Trick question: There is nothing wrong with Protista
Has a wide variety of not particularly related organisms
Has a narrow variety of not particularly related organisms
Has a narrow variety of related organisms
4
What are the least and most specific taxomic categories
Phylum + Order
Kingdom + Family
Domain + Species
Kingdom + Genus
5
What is the issue with classifying viruses?
They cannot grow and reproduce by themselves
They are not made of cells
They cannot accomplish the basic tasks of living cells
All of the above
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What is NOT an example of a taxon?
plants
species
family
class
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Classification of organisms according to the proportion of characteristics they have in common
Cladistics
Systematics
Taxonomy
Phylogeny
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What are the three domains of living organisms?
Archaea, Eubacteria, Protista
Animals, Plants, Bacteria
Animals, Plants, Protista
Archea, Bacteria, Eukarya
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A cladogram is a diagram showing what?
The relationship between individuals within a species
The frequency of alleles within a species
The relationship between multiple species
A timeline of every Nickleback song
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What is the definition of derived characteristics?
The traits passed on from parent to offspring
The traits current organisms have that their ancestors don't
The traits that modern and ancestral organisms share
None of the above

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