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The branch of biology that is concerned with identifying, naming and classifying organisms is called _____. |
| | A) | taxidermy |
| | B) | ecology |
| | C) | systematics |
| | D) | taxonomy |
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The binomial system of naming species was developed by _____. |
| | A) | Mendel |
| | B) | Linnaeus |
| | C) | Darwin |
| | D) | Watson and Crick |
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The first word in an organism's binomial name refers to the _____. |
| | A) | family |
| | B) | species |
| | C) | genus |
| | D) | kingdom |
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Changes are made in classification when _____ data increases. |
| | A) | molecular |
| | B) | fossil |
| | C) | anatomical |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Approximately _____ species of animals, plants and microorganisms have been named. |
| | A) | 500,000 |
| | B) | 1.5 million |
| | C) | 3 million |
| | D) | 30 million |
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Which of the following is a kingdom of multicellular, photosynthetic organisms from the domain eukarya? |
| | A) | Animalia |
| | B) | Plantae |
| | C) | Archaea |
| | D) | Fungi |
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The sequencing of _____ suggests that all organisms evolved from a common ancestor along three distinct lineages. |
| | A) | mitochondrial DNA |
| | B) | rRNA |
| | C) | cytochrome c |
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The domain Eukarya contains _____ kingdoms. |
| | A) | one |
| | B) | two |
| | C) | three |
| | D) | four |
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Organisms in the Domain Eukarya all have cells with _____. |
| | A) | a cell wall |
| | B) | a nucleus |
| | C) | chloroplasts |
| | D) | centrioles |
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Organisms that are eukaryotes that form spores, lack flagella, and have cell walls containing chitin are classified as _____. |
| | A) | plants |
| | B) | animals |
| | C) | fungi |
| | D) | protists |
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It is suggested that protists evolved from _____, according to the five kingdom system of classification. |
| | A) | plants |
| | B) | fungi |
| | C) | monerans |
| | D) | animals |
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Using a traditional five kingdom system of classification, a multicellular, autotrophic, eukaryotic organism would be classified as a _____. |
| | A) | protist |
| | B) | fungus |
| | C) | plant |
| | D) | animal |
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Traditionalists say _____ evolved from reptiles. |
| | A) | birds |
| | B) | amphibians |
| | C) | insects |
| | D) | None of these |
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In the 1880's, Ernst Haeckel proposed adding the _____ kingdom to the system of classification in order to separate the unicellular microscopic organisms from the multicellular largely macroscopic ones. |
| | A) | protist |
| | B) | monera |
| | C) | fungus |
| | D) | animal |
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Which of the following is true of a cladogram? |
| | A) | It is subjective and reflects the bias of the investigator who created it. |
| | B) | It tells us the exact time at which derived characters evolved. |
| | C) | It shows the sequence in which characters evolved in the group being studied. |
| | D) | None of these |
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When determining the phylogeny of closely related species, investigators study _____ because it changes so quickly. |
| | A) | rRNA |
| | B) | mitochondrial DNA |
| | C) | cytochrome c |
| | D) | nuclear DNA |
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The relatedness of groups of organisms is more accurately determined when _____ data is examined. |
| | A) | molecular |
| | B) | fossil |
| | C) | homology |
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Organisms classified in Kingdom Animalia _____. |
| | A) | are motile unicellular organisms |
| | B) | have a notochord at some time in their life cycle |
| | C) | have hair |
| | D) | lack claws, scales, horns and hoofs |
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The most inclusive category of classification is _____. |
| | A) | species |
| | B) | kingdom |
| | C) | domain |
| | D) | class |
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The taxa that will be placed in clades in a cladogram form the _____. |
| | A) | outgroup |
| | B) | ingroup |
| | C) | synapomorphic group |
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