Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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Scientists assign each kind of
organism a universally accepted name in the system known as a. | traditional classification. | c. | binomial
nomenclature. | b. | the three domains. | d. | cladistics. | | | | |
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For many species, there are
often regional differences in their a. | common
names. | c. | taxa. | b. | scientific
names. | d. | binomial nomenclature. | | | | |
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Scientists have identified and
named a. | all living species. | c. | all extinct species. | b. | all living and extinct species. | d. | a fraction of all
species. | | | | |
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Based on their names, you know
that the baboons Papio annubis and Papio cynocephalus do NOT belong to the
same a. | class. | c. | genus. | b. | family. | d. | species. | | | | |
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The second part of a scientific
name is unique to each a. | order in its
class. | c. | genus in its family. | b. | family in its
order. | d. | species in its genus. | | | | |
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Often, the second part of a
scientific name is a. | a Latinized description of a particular
trait usuall in lowercase italics. | b. | the same as for all members of the same
genus. | c. | capitalized and bold type if it derives from a proper
name. | d. | different in different parts of the world. | | |
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A genus is composed of a number
of related a. | kingdoms. | c. | orders. | b. | phyla. | d. | species. | | | | |
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Which two kingdoms did both
Aristotle and Linnaeus recognize? a. | bacteria and
animals | c. | plants and animals | b. | plants and
fungi | d. | protists and animals | | | | |
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Animals that are warm-blooded,
have body hair, and produce milk for their young are grouped in the class a. | Amphibia. | c. | Aves. | b. | Mammalia. | d. | Reptilia. | | | | |
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The most general and largest
category in Linnaeus’s system is a. | the
phylum. | c. | the genus. | b. | the
kingdom. | d. | the domain. | | | | |
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Early or traditional
classifications tended to take into account primarily a. | extinct organisms. | c. | DNA similarities. | b. | RNA similarities. | d. | general similarities in appearance. | | | | |
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Sometimes, organisms such as
dolphins and sharks, that are not closely related look similar because of a. | convergent evolution. | c. | mutations. | b. | molecular
clocks. | d. | reclassification. | | | | |
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Which Kinglom has the fewest
identified organisms a. | Animalia | b. | Fungi | c. | Archaebacteria | d. | Mentoris spiccious | | |
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In biology, an evolutionary
innovation is also referred to as a a. | derived
character. | c. | molecular clock. | b. | taxonomic
group. | d. | physical similarity. | | | | |
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What does a cladistic analysis
show about organisms? a. | the relative importance of each derived
character | b. | the order in which derived characters
evolved | c. | the general fitness of the organisms
analyzed | d. | all traits of each organism analyzed | | |
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A mushroom is difficult to
classify in Linnaeus’s two-kingdom classification system because: a. | it has another common name, the toadstool | b. | it doesn’t seem to fit into either category | c. | mushrooms had not yet evolved in linnaeus’s time. | d. | All of the above. | | |
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Scientists have found that
humans and yeasts a. | have similar genes for the assembly of certain
proteins. | b. | share all aspects of cellular structure. | c. | have nothing in common. | d. | cannot be evaluated for degree of
relatedness. | | |
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What does the presence of
similar genes in very dissimilar organisms imply? a. | The genes were produced by different
selection pressures. | b. | The organisms share a common
ancestor. | c. | The organisms do not share a common
ancestor. | d. | The genes became identical through mutation. | | |
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All organisms in the kingdoms
Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia are a. | multicellular
organisms. | c. | eukaryotes. | b. | photosynthetic
organisms. | d. | prokaryotes. | | | | |
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Which kingdom contains
heterotrophs with cell walls of chitin? a. | Protista | c. | Plantae | b. | Fungi | d. | Animalia | | | | |
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Which of the kingdoms in the
six-kingdom system of classification was once grouped with plants? a. | Animalia | c. | Fungi | b. | Carnivores | d. | Protista | | | | |
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The domain that contains
unicellular organisms that live in extreme environments is a. | Eubacteria. | c. | Archaea. | b. | Eukarya. | d. | Bacteria. | | | | |
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The three-domain system
recognizes fundamental differences between two groups of a. | prokaryotes. | c. | protists. | b. | eukaryotes. | d. | multicellular organisms. | | | | |
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Organisms in the kingdoms
Eubacteria and Archaebacteria were previously grouped in a kingdom called a. | Animalia. | c. | Monera. | b. | Fungi. | d. | Eukarya. | | | | |
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The father of classification
and binomial nomenclauture is a. | Darwin | c. | P. Funk Lamark | b. | Leeuwenhoek | d. | Linnaeus | | | | |
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In the current taxonomic
system, what is the proper order from general to specific a. | Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species | c. | Kingdom, phylum, class, family, order,
genus, species | b. | Kingdom, class, species, phylum, order, genus,
family | d. | Kingdom, species, phylum, class, order, family, genus | | | | |
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Nearly all single celled
eukaryotes that are either heterotrophs or photosynthetic belong to the kingdom a. | Animalia | c. | Plantae | b. | Protista | d. | Fungi | | | | |
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Taxonomy is a. | the study of life. | b. | the science of naming and classifying
organisms. | c. | the science of stuffing trophy fish and animal
heads | d. | the sequence in which different groups
evolved. | | |
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An advantage of our scientific
naming system is that a. | common names mean the same in all
countries. | b. | Latin names are easy to pronounce. | c. | biologists can communicate regardless of their native languages and Latin
doesn’t change. | d. | organisms all have the same scientific
name. | | |
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Which of the following is NOT a
recognized Kingdom a. | Protista | c. | Animalia | b. | Mononucleosis | d. | Plantae | | | | |
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Linnaeus’s two-word
system for naming organisms is called a. | taxonomic
evolution. | c. | Greek polynomials. | b. | Genus
species. | d. | binomial nomenclature. | | | | |
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Canis lupus, Canis familiaris
and Canis latrans or wolf, dog, coyote, by our definition of species, which can breed and produce
fertile offspring?
a. | lupus and
familiaris | c. | all of them | b. | latrans and
lupus | d. | none of them | | | | |
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Who has been dubbed both the
father of taxonomy and “the little botanist”? a. | Carl von Linne | c. | Russel Mahoney | b. | Mr. McLaughlin | d. | Careem Abdul Jabar | | | | |
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34.
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Your classification places you
in the order a. | troglodite | c. | hominidae | b. | homo | d. | primata | | | | |
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35.
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Which of the following is not
an animal a. | worm | d. | Tony Smith | b. | beetle | e. | all of these are
animals | c. | cow | | | | |
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Matching
Using the Shark key, match the family name with the fish number. Please
don’t write on the key.
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a. | Rajidae | g. | Triakidae | b. | Rhincontidae | h. | Pseudocarchariidae | c. | Mobulidae | i. | Hexanchidae | d. | Dasiatidae | j. | Alopiidae | e. | Pristiophoridae | k. | Sphyrnidae | f. | Isuridae | l. | Charchariiidae | | | | |
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36.
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Identify fish number
14
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37.
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Identify fish number
3
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38.
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Identify fish number
1
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39.
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Identify fish number
12
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40.
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Identify fish number
13
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