NAME:_______________________________
1. The evolutionary history of a species is its:
A) Biodiversity
B) Phylogeny
C) Extinction
D) Taxonomy
2. A system for naming species in which two words are used to name an
organism is:
A) Binomial Nomenclature
B) Dichotomous Key
C) Fan Diagraming
D) None of the above
3. The placing of information or objects into groups based on certain similarities
is called:
A) Morphology
B) Classification C) Phylogeny
D) Character
4. A heterotrophic eukaryote associated with decomposition of dead
organisms are:
A) Bacteria
B) Monera
C) Fungus
D) Eubacteria
5. The branch of biology associated with grouping and naming organisms is:
A) Ecology
B) Phylogeny
C) Nomenclature D) Taxonomy
6. The two parts needed when naming organisms are:
A) Kingdom and phylum
B) Genus and species
C) Phylum and species
D) Family and kingdom
7. The first scientist to classify living things into two main groups was:
A) Hooke
B) Brown
C) Aristotle
D) Linnaeus
8. The broadest groups into which living organisms are classified
A) Domain
B) Species
C) Genus
D) Order
9. Aristotle based his classification system on:
A) Habitat
B) Morphological structures
C) Genetics
D) Both A and B
10. Linnaeus based his classification system on:
A) Morphological structures
B) Habitat
C) Behavior
D) Both A and C
11. Which type of organism is classified in the Kingdom Archaea:
A) Animalia
C) Plants
B) Protist
D) Archaebacteria
12.
Which is an example of a morphological character of an organism:
A) Tusks of modern African Elephants and extinct mammoths
B) Identical number of chromosomes in cabbage
C) Similar nucleotide sequences of gorillas and orangutans
D) All of the above
13.
Which is an example of biochemical character of an organism:
A) Bright tail feathers of peacocks during breeding season
B) Identical number of chromosomes in cabbage
C) Similar skull structure of gorillas and orangutans
D) Tusk of modern African Elephants and extinct mammoths
14.
The purpose of a cladogram is to:
A) Show the evolution of a particular species
B) Calculate molecular clocks
C) Classify extinct species
D) Organize genetic information
15.
A human’s arm and a whale’s flipper are an example of a:
A) Genetic mutation
B) Homologous characteristic
C) Biochemical analysis
D) Analogous characteristic
16.
What is the correct way the scientific name for the American black bear
should appear in print:
A) Ursus Americanus
B) URSUS AMERICANUS
C) ursus americanus
D) Ursus americanus
17.
Which of the following is NOT true of viruses:
A) Needs a host to reproduce
B) Non-living
C) Living
D) None of the above
18.
How man kingdoms do scientist use to classify Earth’s organisms:
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6
19.
Which of the following is a tool used to name an organism by reading
through a list of statements:
A) Cladogram
B) Phylogenetic Tree
C) Dichotomous Key
D) Binomial Nomenclature
Fill in the Blank
Word Bank
Character, Taxonomy, Binomial Nomenclature, Phylogeny, Cladogram
20.
The evolution of the polar bear from an isolated population of brown bears
is included in the concept of _________________
21.
Gorilla gorilla is an example of the application of _____________________
22.
The disciple of science that would identify and classify a new frog species
discovered in Indonesia is called __________________
23.
The different color fur of gray wolves is an inherited trait called
______________
24.
A diagram representing the proposed evolutionary history of mammals is
called a __________________
True or False
25.
______ Typological species concept classifies organisms based on
physical characteristics, but not genetic variation.
26.
______ E.coli, a type of bacteria that lives in the small intestine, is
classified in the kingdom Protista.
27.
______ The two kingdoms, Archaebacteria and Eubacteria used to
classified as one kingdom called Monera.
28.
______ In the name of the white oak, Quercus alba, Quercus is the species
name.
29.
______ An example of a homologous characteristic is a bird and a butterfly
both having wings for flight but have different physical structure.
30.
______ When organisms are classified within the same group; it can be
assumed they have a common ancestor.
31.
______ A biochemical character compares physical similarities between
organisms.
Matching
Choose the word from the following list that best matches each statement below.
(Hint: words may be used more than once)
Plant
Animal
Bacteria
Protist
32.
________________ Includes mushrooms, molds, and yeast
33.
________________ Has a nucleus, but no organs
34.
________________ Has no nucleus is made of one cell
35.
Fungi
________________ Cannot make its own food, may move about, has many
cells
36.
________________ Makes its own food and most are stationary
37.
_______________ Has a cell wall mode of peptidoglycan
38.
_______________ Has a cell wall, cellulose, and chloroplasts
Short Answer
39 – 54. Classify from broad to specific the human species **Spelling Counts**
(Hint: 16 words)
55 – 56. What are 2 rules for writing out scientific names?
57 – 59. Name the 3 Domains?
60. Scientific names are based on what language?
61 – 66. Fill in the table below. Decide which characters each organism has and
check the box. Then, fill out the cladogram below. Place each organism in the
boxes and match the corresponding characteristic to a letter node.
Cells
Vertebrae
Bony
Skeleton
Hair
Opposable
Thumbs
Clam
Shark
Catfish
Dog
Chimp
E
D
C
B
A
_________ Cells
_________Opposable Thumbs
________ Bony Skeleton
________ Hair
________ Vertebrae