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1

The science of classifying organisms into different categories is known as:
A)taxonomy
B)cladonomy
C)binomen
D)paleontology
2

Binomial nomenclature refers to each organism being named by:
A)kingdom and phylum
B)class and order
C)genus and species
D)species and subspecies
3

A group of closely related species is a:
A)genus
B)family
C)order
D)subspecies
4

Which taxonomic group contains the greatest number of organisms:
A)class
B)order
C)phylum
D)family
5

If a newly discovered species was named Orrorin philensis, it would be most closely related to:
A)Ardipithecus philensis
B)Orrorin rebecensis
C)Philepithecus orrorinensis
D)Orropithecus carolensis
6

Phylogeny is the:
A)determination of whether a similarity is due to inheritance from a common ancestor or not
B)study of fossil organisms
C)evolutionary history of species
D)study of how organisms relate to their environment
7

Features that first appeared in the distant past and are shared by a large number of populations are called:
A)shared ancestral features
B)ancient derived features
C)dispersed features
D)communally derived features
8

The origin of land vertebrates is associated with:
A)the development of a true backbone
B)the drying up of lakes and rivers due to drought
C)a dramatic lowering of sea levels creating new land bridges
D)all of the above
9

Humans belong to the class:
A)Carnivora
B)Mammalia
C)Eutheria
D)Chordata
10

Mammals are characterized by:
A)four chambered heart
B)heterodont dentition
C)hair and fur
D)all of the above





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