Classification Quiz
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The Greeks developed the simple system used today for naming organisms
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B
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Carolus Linnaeus simplified the system for naming groups of organisms.
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B
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True
False
Cladistics is used to determine the sequence in which different groups of organisms
evolved.
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B
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True
False
All organisms in the kingdom Animalia are multicellular heterotrophs whose cells lack cell
walls.
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B
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True
False
A species is smallest taxonomic group into which an organism can be assigned.
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B
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True
False
The least inclusive group to which an organism can be assigned is its kingdom.
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B
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True
False
2 different organisms can have the same scientific name.
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B
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True
False
Species is a taxonomic category containing several genera. (plural for genus)
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B
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True
False
Genus is the basic biological unit in the Linnaean system of classification.
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B
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True
False
True
False
Cladograms are models that show the evolutionary relationship among homologous traits.
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B
True
FALSE!!!!!
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On a cladogram, all organisms share all traits.
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B
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Linnaeus's 2-word system for naming organisms is called
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D
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kingdom
class
genus
species
Protista is an example of a(n)
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B
C
D
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common names mean the same in all countries
Latin names are easy to pronounce
biologists can communicate regardless of their native languages.
organisms all have the same scientific name.
The largest division that a group of organisms can belong to is
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B
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D
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the study of life.
the science of naming and classifying organisms.
the evolutionary history of a species.
the sequence in which different groups evolved.
An advantage of our scientific naming system is that
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B
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D
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taxonomic evolution
Genus species
Greek polynomials
binomial nomenclature
Taxonomy is
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B
C
D
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True
False
kingdom
class
genus
species
Similar genera are grouped into a(n)
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B
C
D
phylum
class
family
order
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A biological species
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D
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All scientific names must have
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D
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cannot interbreed within the natural population.
is isolated reproductively from other species.
can easily be differentiated from others based on appearance.
interbreed producing infertile offspring.
2 Latin words.
the same species name.
different genus names for organisms within the group.
the same common name.
Species
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B
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D
is a narrowly defined group of organisms.
is a broadly defined group of organisms.
has the same meaning as "population."
None of the above
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