Test KEY
Classification and Origin
December, 2013
Name: ______________________________________________________________
SC.912.L.15.6 Discuss distinguishing characteristics of the domains and kingdoms of living organisms.
SC.912.L.15.4 Describe how and why organisms are hierarchically classified and based on evolutionary
relationships.
SC.912.L.15.5 Explain the reasons for changes in how organisms are classified.
1. The science of classification is called________________.
A. Taxonomy
B. Biology
C. Kingdom
D. Paleontology
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2. Which kingdoms have photosynthetic organisms?
A. fungi and plants
B. fungi and protists
C. protists and plants
D. plants and animals
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3. Viruses are assigned to the kingdom
A. Archaebacteria
B. Protista
C. Eubacteria
D. None of the above
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4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of organisms that make up the Domain Bacteria?
A. They lack membrane-bound organelles
B. They are multicellular
C. They lack a nucleus
D. They live in both aquatic and terrestrial habitats
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5. Organisms classified as fungi have unique characteristics. Which of the following characteristics is found
only in organisms classified in the kingdom fungi?
A. single cells without a nucleus
B. multicellular with chloroplasts
C. multicellular filaments that absorb nutrients
D. colonies of single, photosynthetic cells that reproduce asexually
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6. Multicellular organisms composed of eukaryotic cells with cells organized into tissues and lack cell walls;
which do not carry out photosynthesis and obtain nutrients primarily by ingestion are classified as
A Plantae
B Fungi
C. Animalia
D. Protista
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7. Of the six kingdoms now recognized,
A. Two are plants and four are animal
B. Four are eukaryotes and two are prokaryotes
C. Four are macroscopic and two are microscopic
D. Two are eukaryotes and four are prokaryotes
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8. Use dichotomous key #1 to answer the following question
A. Larix
B. Pinus
C. Acer
D. Carya
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Dichotomous Key #1
9. Use the chart to answer the following question
Which two organisms are most closely related?
A. Box turtle and Garter snake
B. American Alligator and Box turtle
C. Garter snake and Komodo Dragon
D. Komodo dragon and American Alligator
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10. In printing scientific names, it is conventional for only the ____ to be underlined or italicized.
A. Binomial
B. Genus
C. Species
D. Kingdom
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11. Which plant, shown in the cladogram below, did all the other plants shown evolve from:
A. Spikemosses
B. Quillworts
C. Clubmosses
D. Flowering plants
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12. In 1990, Carl Woese introduced the three domain system for classifying living things, after the
advancement of DNA analysis allowed for a comparison of species genetic code. Which of the following is the
best explanation for why domains were added to the previous system of classification?
A. The old system of classification was wrong and needed to be corrected.
B. New species are evolving too quickly to keep up with the old system of classification
C. Domains have always been included; they were just made official recently.
D. Some organisms, which were previously characterized together, were determined to be genetically
very different.
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13. The binomial system of classification was developed by:
A. Darwin
B. Wallace
C. Linnaeus
D. Malthus
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14. Which one of the following sequences shows the correct hierarchy of classification, going from the most
inclusive to the least inclusive?
A. Kingdom, Domain, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, Species
B. Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
C. Genus, Species, Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family
D. Genus, Species, Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family
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15. The separation of the Archaebacteria into a separate domain indicates:
A. That these organisms are very different from eubacteria and from eukaryotes
B. That organism should never be classified according to how they appear (morphological
characteristics)
C. That early taxonomist rushed to classify them without closely examining them
D. That optical viewing techniques have greatly improved so that we can better view these
microorganisms
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