classification of living things test...
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Classification of
Living Things
Test Review
#1 What is taxonomy?
• a. the scientific study of how living things are classified
• b. the name of Aristotle’s classification system
• c. the process used by geologists to classify rocks
• d. the process of observing an organism’s behavior
#1: Answer
• a. the scientific study of how living things are classified
#2
The process of grouping things based on similarities is called ____________________.
Answer #2
•Classification
#3
Based on their kingdoms, what are the shared characteristics of the organisms in the table? ___________________________.
Answer #3
•Examples: multicellular; eats food; has a nucleus
#4
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that all living things share?
•A. a cellular organization
•B. movement
•C. using energy
•D. reproduction
#4 Answer
B. movement
#5
An organism’s scientific name consists of ___________.
• a. its class name and its family name
•b. its genus name and its species name.
• c. its kingdom name and its phylum name.
•d. its phylum name and its species name.
#5 Answer
•B. its genus name and its species name.
#6
The more classification levels that two organisms share, ________.
• a. the closer together on Earth they live.
•b. the more traits they have in common.
• c. the easier it is to tell them apart.
•d. the more distantly related they are.
Answer #6
•b. the more traits they have in common.
#7
One characteristic used to place organisms into kingdoms is ___.
•a. how they move.
•b. their ability to reproduce.
•c. where they live.
•d. their ability to make food.
Answer #7
d. their ability to make food.
#8
What contribution of Charles Darwin had a major impact on classification?
•a. binomial nomenclature
•B. seven levels of classification
•C. taxonomy
•D. his theory of natural selection
Answer #8
•d. his theory of natural selection
#9
Which domain(s) include(s) only prokaryotes?
•a. Bacteria and Archaea
•b. Archaea only
•c. Bacteria only
•d. Eukarya only
Answer #9
•a. Bacteria and Archaea
#10 Taxonomic keys can be used to help determine the
•a. size of organisms.
•b. identity of organisms.
•c. needs of organisms.
•d. behavior of organisms.
Answer #10
•b. identity of organisms.
#11 • You find a tree that is about 40 feet tall, has solitary 2
inch flat soft needles, the needles point outward from branch, and papery cone scales with a fork like tongue. What tree is it?
• a. Utah Juniper
• b. White Fir
• c. Blue spruce
• d. Douglas Fir
Answer #11
D. Douglas Fir
#12
Which is the broadest (biggest) classification level?
•a. family
•b. domain
•c. phylum
•d. species
Answer #12
•b. domain
#13
A(n) ____________________ consists of paired statements about the characteristics of different organisms.
Answer #13
•Taxomomic Key
#14
The first word in an organism’s scientific name is its ____________________.
Answer #14
•Its genus name
#15
Which of the organisms in the table is (are) most similar to a tiger (Panthera tigris)? ___________________
Answer #15
•Lion—because it shares the same genus
#16
Which of the organisms in the table is least similar to the others?
Answer #16
•Blue whale--- because it is in a different Order than the others
#17
All plants ________.
•a. have a nucleus.
•b. are unicellular.
•c. eat their food.
•d. are prokaryotes.
Answer #17
•a. have a nucleus.
#18
Which of the following would you use to identify an organism?
•A. a domain
•B. a taxonomic key
•C. a controlled experiment
•D. a eukaryote
Answer #18
•B. a taxonomic key
#19 Why do scientists organize living things into groups?
• a. so they can find them in the wild more easily
• b. so that the organisms are easier to study and identify
• c. so they can make sense of the variety of rocks on Earth
• d. so products from living things can be easily found in groceries
Answer #19
• b. so that the organisms are easier to study and identify
#20 Which group of organisms includes only multicellular organisms that eat (consume) their food?
•a. protists
•b. bacteria
•c. plants
•d. animals
Answer #20
•d. animals
#21
What do we call a group of very similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring?
•a. hybrid
•c. family
•b. domain
•d. species
Answer #21
•d. species
#22
The source of energy for most autotrophs (ex. plants) is
•a. water.
•b. heterotrophs.
•c. the sun.
•d. other autotrophs.
Answer #22
•C. the sun.
#23
Which kingdoms include both unicellular and multicellular organisms?
•a. fungi and plants
•b. protists and animals
•c. fungi and protists
•d. protists and plants
Answer #23
•c. fungi and protists
#24
The process of grouping things based on similarities is called ___________.
Answer #24
•Classification
#25 The gradual change in species over time is called
•a. evolution.
•b. homeostasis.
•c. taxonomy.
•d. classification.
Answer #25
•a. evolution
#26 Redi showed in an experiment that meat only “grew” maggots when it was left out and flies landed on it. This experiment by Redi helped to demonstrate that _______________.
• a. species gradually change over time.
• b. living things do not arise from nonliving material.
• c. organisms can be placed in groups based on their similarities.
• d. the chemicals of life could have arisen on early Earth.
Answer #26
• b. living things do not arise from nonliving material.