Biology Test Systematics/Taxonomy
Name:__________________
How have new discoveries in molecular biology affected the way in which we classify organisms
compared with the system used by Linnaeus?
Why was the kingdom Monera divided into 2 separate kingdoms?
Why might kingdom Protista be thought of as the “odds and ends” kingdom?
Describe 3 pieces of information to be gained from the cladogram shown above?
In the above cladogram, Why does the dinosaur branch terminate below the others?
In the above cladogram, “amniotic egg” and “placenta” are examples of:
a) Derived characteristics
c) Behavioral plasticities
b) Ontological variations
d) Evolutionary trivialities
Given these characters and Taxa:
Slug
Catfish
Frog
Tiger
Human
Cells
Backbone
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Legs
X
X
X
Opposable
Thumbs
Hair
X
X
X
Draw a cladogram showing the evolutionary relationship among the
organisms
Create a dichotomous key to the following species: Elephant, Frog, Mouse, Turtle, Squirrel:
A group of closely related species and the first
part of the scientific name in binomial
nomenclature is a _______________.
A. family
B. genus
C. class
D. order
The domain of unicellular prokaryotes that have
cell walls containing peptidoglycan is the
domain _________________.
A. Eubacteria
B. Eukarya
C. Bacteria
D. Archaea
The kingdom of multicellular photosynthetic
autotrophs that have cell walls containing
cellulose is _______________.
A. Fungi
B. Animalia
C. Protista
D. Plantae
Which of the following is the most specific
category of classification?
a.Class
b.Family
c.Order
d.Division
e.Phylum
Which of the following sequences is arranged
from broad to more specific?
A) kingdom, domain, phylum, class, order,
family, genus, species
B) kingdom, phylum, class, order, domain,
family, genus, species
C) domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order,
family, genus, species
D) domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family,
order, genus, species
Animalia can be distinguished from Plantae
because
A) animals are heterotrophic.
B) animal cells have cell walls.
C) plants are prokaryotic.
D) plants obtain nutrients by absorption.
Currently taxonomists use 3 domains, name them:
Currently taxonomists use 6 kingdoms, name them, list their cell type, defining cellular
structures, cellularity (numbers of cells), and their modes of nutrition
What was the author’s main point in the article “what, if anything, is a zebra?”. Why, according
to Gould, is there no such thing as a fish?