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Taxonomy and evolution
Taxonomy and evolution
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If an organism makes its own food, it must be a (an)
heterotroph
autotroph
plant like protist
plant
2
If a one-celled organism contains a nucleus, it must be a (an)
plant like protist
protist
animal like protist
fungus like protist
3
According to this diagram, sharks have:
a bony skeleton
hair
4 limbs
vertebrae
4
Acer rubrum and Acer palatum are names of different types of maple trees,what is the genus name
Palmatum
Acer
Maple
Rubrum
5
The taxon with the largest number of different types of organisms is
genus
species
class
phylum
6
The order to which human beings belong is
Chordata
Animalia
Mammalia
Primates
7
The diagram below is a:
taxonomic tree
Linnaeogram
cladogram
evolutionary diagram
8
The two-named system for classifying organisms was developed by
Thomas Edison
Charles Darwin
Carolus linnaeus
A swedish king
9
If an organism is warm blooded, it
must be a primate
cannot be a chordate
may be a mammal
must be a carnivore
10
Double-naming system introduced by Linnaeus
not used for microorganisms
used only for eukaryotes
based solely on Greek names
Known as binominal nomenclature
11
Each of the following is the name of a taxon except
group
genus
kingdom
family
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From their names:
Zea mays
and
Allium cepa
you know that the two organisms are
animals
in a different genera
in the same phylum
plants
13
a eukaryotic organism that has a cell wall that lacks cellulose is a (an)
fungus
animal
prosist
plant
14
In the image below, the point from which 2 lines branch represents:
a new characteristic
a hybrid of the two
a common ancestor
an adaptation
15
Which of the following forms of selection is most likely to lead to speciation?
ice cream selection
stabilizing selection
directional selection
disruptive selection
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The science of naming organisms and placing them in groups called
ornithology
biology
ecology
taxonomy
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The kingdom that includes prokaryotes is
protista
plantae
fungi
archaea
18
The scientific name for humans is written as...
Homo sapiens
Homo Sapiens
homo sapiens
Homo Sapiens
19
The largest taxon is
phylum
kingdom
family
species
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variations of a specific gene are called
genotypes
mutations
recessive
alleles
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The ability of a critter to pass on its genes to its offspring is part of...
evolution
adaptation
fitness
adaptive radiation
22
genetic drift is most likely to occur in a...
big population without the influence of selective pressure
small population due to selective pressure
small population without the influence of selective pressure
large population due to selective pressure
23
unlike a plant, a plantlike protist
has a nucleus
is unicellular
uses mitochondria
contains chloroplast
24
If an organism is a protist, it must be a (an)
autotroph
heterotroph
eukaryote
prokaryote
25
Homo habilis
and
Homo erectus
are not in the same
genus
order
species
family
26
members of the kingdom Plantae are multicellular and
heterotrophic
prokaryotic
motile
autotrophic
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The third smallest taxon in the Linnaeus system of classification is the
phylum
class
family
order
28
From fossil evidence, scientists believe that the earliest life forms on earth were
prokaryotes
Eukaryotes
plants
animal
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The smallest taxon is
kingdom
species
order
phylum