biology ch. 18 review. biologists use a classification system to group organisms in part because...
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Biology
Ch. 18 Review
Biologists use a classification system to group organisms in part because
organisms
A. are going extinct.
B. are very numerous and diverse.
C. are too much alike.
D. share too many derived characters.
A. B. C. D.
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The study of organisms requires the use of
A. only large, general categories of organisms.
B. only small, specific categories of organisms.
C. both large and small categories of organisms.
D. no categories of organisms.A. B. C. D.
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Scientists assign each kind of organism a universally accepted name in the system
known as
A. traditional classification.
B. the three domains.
C. binomial nomenclature.
D. cladistics.A. B. C. D.
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For many species, there are often regional differences in their
A. common names.
B. scientific names.
C. taxa.
D. binomial nomenclature.
A. B. C. D.
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In taxonomy, a group at any level of organization is referred to as a
A. cladogram.
B. binomial.
C. taxon.
D. system.
A. B. C. D.
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Scientists have identified and named
A. all living species.
B. all living and extinct species.
C. all extinct species.
D. a fraction of all species. A. B. C. D.
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In the scientific version of a species name, which of the terms is
capitalized?
A. the first term only
B. the second term only
C. both the first and second terms
D. neither the first nor the second term
A. B. C. D.
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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.
B. family.
C. genus.
D. species.A. B. C. D.
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How do binomial, or two-part, names compare with early
versions of scientific names?A. They are longer.
B. They are shorter.
C. They are completely descriptive.
D. They are in English.A. B. C. D.
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The second part of a scientific name is unique to each
A. order in its class.
B. family in its order.
C. genus in its family.
D. species in its genus.
A. B. C. D.
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Often, the second part of a scientific name is
A. a Latinized description of a particular trait.
B. the same as for other members of the same genus.
C. capitalized if it derives from a proper name.
D. different in different locations.A. B. C. D.
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Before Linnaeus, scientific names were problematic because they were
A. too brief to be descriptive.
B. very long and difficult to standardize.
C. written only in Greek.
D. written only in Latin. A. B. C. D.
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In Linnaeus’s system of classification, how many
taxonomic categories were there?
A. one
B. three
C. five
D. seven A. B. C. D.
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A genus is composed of a number of related
A. kingdoms.
B. phyla.
C. orders.
D. species.A. B. C. D.
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Several different classes make up a
A. kingdom.
B. phylum.
C. family.
D. genus.A. B. C. D.
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Which two kingdoms did Linnaeus recognize?
A. bacteria and animals
B. plants and fungi
C. plants and animals
D. protists and animals
A. B. C. D.
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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.
B. Mammalia.
C. Aves.
D. Reptilia.A. B. C. D.
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The most general and largest category in Linnaeus’s system is
A. the phylum.
B. the kingdom.
C. the genus.
D. the domain.A. B. C. D.
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Traditional classifications tended to take into account primarily
A. extinct organisms.
B. RNA similarities.
C. DNA similarities.
D. general similarities in appearance.
A. B. C. D.
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Sometimes, organisms that are not closely related look similar because of
A. convergent evolution.
B. molecular clocks.
C. mutations.
D. reclassification. A. B. C. D.
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The procedure of grouping organisms based on their evolutionary history is
called
A. traditional classification.
B. binomial nomenclature.
C. derived characters.
D. evolutionary classification.
A. B. C. D.
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In an evolutionary classification scheme, species within one genus should
A. be more similar to each other than they are to other species.
B. not be similar in appearance.
C. be limited to species that can interbreed.
D. have identical genes.A. B. C. D.
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What kind of analysis focuses on the order in which derived characters
appeared in organisms?
A. cladistic analysis
B. traditional classification
C. taxonomy
D. anatomy A. B. C. D.
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In biology, an evolutionary innovation is also referred to as a
A. derived character.
B. taxonomic group.
C. molecular clock.
D. physical similarity.
A. B. C. D.
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What do scientists consider when they perform a cladistic analysis?
A. only the DNA of organisms
B. all traits of organisms
C. derived characters
D. only physical similarities
A. B. C. D.
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An analysis of derived characters is used to generate a
A. family tree based on external appearance.
B. family tree based on DNA structure.
C. cladogram.
D. traditional classification system.
A. B. C. D.
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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
A. B. C. D.
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Similar genes are evidence of
A. binomial nomenclature.
B. mutations.
C. common ancestry.
D. different anatomy.A. B. C. D.
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What do all organisms have in common?
A. They use DNA and RNA to pass on information.
B. They are all prokaryotes.
C. They are all eukaryotes.
D. They are genetically identical.
A. B. C. D.
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What is true about dissimilar organisms such as a cow and a yeast?
A. They are not related at all.
B. Their degree of relatedness cannot be evaluated.
C. Their degree of relatedness can be determined from their genes.
D. They can interbreed and thus are the same species.
A. B. C. D.
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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.
A. B. C. D.
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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.
A. B. C. D.
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What is the main idea behind the model of a molecular clock?
A. that neutral mutations accumulate at a steady rate
B. that certain traits are under the pressure of natural selection
C. that segments of DNA can be compared with segments of RNA
D. that phenotypes, not genotypes, are affected by natural selection
A. B. C. D.
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All organisms in the kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia are
A. multicellular organisms.
B. photosynthetic organisms.
C. eukaryotes.
D. prokaryotes.A. B. C. D.
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Which kingdom contains heterotrophs with cell walls of
chitin?
A. Protista
B. Fungi
C. Plantae
D. AnimaliaA. B. C. D.
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What kingdoms composed the three-kingdom classification system used by
scientists in the late 1800s?
A. animals, plants, fungi
B. animals, plants, bacteria
C. animals, fungi, protists
D. animals, plants, protistsA. B. C. D.
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Which of the kingdoms in the six-kingdom system of classification was
once grouped with plants?
A. Animalia
B. Carnivores
C. Fungi
D. ProtistaA. B. C. D.
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Some scientists propose that the kingdom Protista should be broken up into several kingdoms. Which of these statements accurately supports this idea?
A. Protists are all very similar and easy to confuse.
B. Protista contains very diverse organisms that do not fit into the other kingdoms.
C. Protists are the most numerous organisms on Earth.
D. Protista evolved before any other kingdom.
A. B. C. D.
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The domain that corresponds to the kingdom Eubacteria is
A. Archaea.
B. Bacteria.
C. Eukarya.
D. Fungi.A. B. C. D.
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The domain that contains unicellular organisms that live in
extreme environments is
A. Eubacteria.
B. Eukarya.
C. Archaea.
D. Bacteria.A. B. C. D.
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The two domains composed of only unicellular organisms are
A. Eubacteria and Archaea.
B. Eukarya and Bacteria.
C. Archaea and Bacteria.
D. Archaea and Eukarya.A. B. C. D.
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The three-domain system arose when scientists grouped organisms according to
how long they have been
A. alive in their present forms.
B. going extinct.
C. evolving independently.
D. using DNA to store information.
A. B. C. D.
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The three-domain system recognizes fundamental differences between two
groups of
A. prokaryotes.
B. eukaryotes.
C. protists.
D. multicellular organisms.
A. B. C. D.
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Organisms in the kingdoms Eubacteria and Archaebacteria were previously
grouped in a kingdom called
A. Animalia.
B. Fungi.
C. Monera.
D. Eukarya.A. B. C. D.
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What is thought to be true about the three domains of living things?
A. They diverged from a common ancestor fairly recently.
B. They diverged from a common ancestor before the evolution of the main groups of eukaryotes.
C. They did not have a common ancestor.
D. Domains Bacteria and Archaea evolved after the main groups of eukaryotes. A. B. C. D.
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An organism may have different common names that vary from
area to area and language to language.
A. True
B. FalseA. B.
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Scientists try to organize living things into groups that have
economic significance.
A. True
B. False
A. B.
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In binomial nomenclature, each species is assigned a two-part
scientific name.
A. True
B. False
A. B.
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In the name Ursus maritimus, the first term of the name refers to
the species.
A. True
B. False
A. B.
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Linnaeus’s system of classification uses seven taxonomic categories.
A. True
B. False
A. B.
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An order is a broad taxonomic category composed of similar
phyla.
A. True
B. FalseA. B.
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American vultures are now classified with storks instead of with African vultures because of
evidence based on body structure.
A. True
B. FalseA. B.
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Biologists attempt to group organisms into categories that represent lines of evolutionary
descent.
A. True
B. False
A. B.
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Cladistic analysis considers characteristics that have arisen as lineages have evolved over time.
A. True
B. False
A. B.
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Scientists often look for similar genes in very dissimilar
organisms.
A. True
B. FalseA. B.
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Evidence shows that the same gene that codes for a particular protein in human
muscle also codes for that protein in yeasts, indicating common ancestry.
A. True
B. FalseA. B.
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The six kingdoms of life are Eubacteria, Monera, Protista,
Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia.
A. True
B. False
A. B.
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The older kingdom Monera contains the same organisms as the two domains Bacteria and
Archaea.
A. True
B. FalseA. B.
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The kingdom Eubacteria contains the same organisms as the
domain Animalia.
A. True
B. False
A. B.
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Archaea differ from Bacteria in that the cell walls of
Archaea lack peptidoglycans.
A. True
B. False
A. B.
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