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Biology - Classification QuizTest (Quest)
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1. Linnaeus’s two-word system for naming organisms is called
a. taxonomic evolution.
c. Greek polynomials.
b. generally specific.
d. binomial nomenclature.
2. Taxonomy is
a. the study of life.
b. the science of naming and classifying organisms to show relationships.
c. the evolutionary history of a species.
d. the sequence in which different groups evolved.
3. All scientific names must have
a. two Latin words.
b. the same species name.
c. different genus names for organisms within the group.
d. the same common name.
4. The basic biological unit in the Linnaean system of classification is the
a. kingdom.
c. genus.
b. family.
d. species.
5. An advantage of our scientific naming system is that
a. common names mean the same in all countries.
b. Latin names are easiest to pronounce.
c. biologists can communicate regardless of their native languages.
d. organisms all have the same scientific name.
6. Under the Linnaean system of classification, plants and animals are sorted into groups based on
a. number and size.
c. form and size.
b. form and structure.
d. number and structure.
7. The largest division that a group of organisms can belong to is
a. kingdom.
c. genus.
b. class.
d. species.
8. Protista is an example of a(n)
a. kingdom.
c. genus.
b. class.
d. species.
9. Similar genera are grouped into a(n)
a. phylum.
c. family.
b. class.
d. order.
10. Species
a. has the same meaning as “population.”
b. is a broadly defined group of organisms.
c. is a narrowly defined group of organisms.
d. is the new name for Snicker's Pieces
11. Each level of classification is based on
a. mutations
c. shared characteristics.
b. aquired characteristics.
d. All of the above
____ 12. A biological species
a. cannot interbreed within the natural population.
b. is isolated reproductively from other species.
c. can easily be differentiated from others based on appearance.
d. interbreed producing infertile offspring.
____ 13. A hybrid is produced from
a. interbreeding between same species.
b. interbreeding between distantly related species.
c. interbreeding between closely related species.
d. cannot be produced in plants.
____ 14. Similar features evolved through convergent evolution are called
a. analogous characters.
c. environmental characters.
b. homologous characters.
d. genetic characters.
____ 15. Convergent evolution produces similar features in different organisms as the result of
a. similar environments.
c. sharing a common ancestor.
b. pressure by natural selection.
d. Both (a) and (b)
____ 16. Analogous structures
a. have the same form in all organisms.
b. perform the same function in all organisms.
c. have the same structure in all organisms.
d. evolve from a common ancestor.
____ 17. A model used by evolutionary biologists to represent the evolutionary history among species is called a(n)
a. phylogeny.
c. histogram.
b. cladogram.
d. parallelogram.
____ 18. Derived characteristics are traits
a. shared by all species.
c. are found in closely related species.
b. originate in a common ancestor.
d. are found in distantly related species.
____ 19. Evolutionary systematics emphasizes the importance of
a. derived characteristics.
c. shared characteristics.
b. unique characteristics.
d. compared characteristics.
____ 20. Four of the kingdoms include eukaryotes and the other two include
a. plants.
c. animals.
b. fungi.
d. prokaryotes.
____ 21. Which of the following is not a characteristic used to differentiate kingdoms?
a. cell type
c. nutrition
b. root system
d. body type
____ 22. The kingdom that contains both unicellular and multicellular organisms is the kingdom
a. Protista.
c. Both (a) and (b)
b. Fungi.
d. None of the above
____ 23. Which is the correct order, from most specific to least specific?
a. species, Genus, Class, Order, Family
c. species, Genus, Family, Class, Order
b. species, Family, Genus, Order, Class
d. species, Genus, Family, Order, Class
____ 24. Breeding between two, closely related species results in a
a. alien
c. haploid
b. parasite
d. hybrid
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