Taxonomy Study Questions
General Information
1. Who came up with the system of taxonomy we use today?
2. What is taxonomy?
3. What is used to classify the organisms?
Analogous vs. Homologous Structures
4. Which types of structures are similar in function only?
5. Which types of structures are similar in how they are formed?
6. A spider leg and human leg are examples of which type of structure?
7. Why are homologous structures important to taxonomy?
8. A bird wing and insect wing are examples of which type of structure?
9. A whale flipper and bat wing are examples of which type of structure?
10. Which structures are used in today’s system of taxonomy?
11. Which structures are used in cladograms?
Linnaean Classification System
12. What is the term for a group of organisms who are so similar they can reproduce?
13. How many kingdoms are there?
14. What is the classification order, from general to specific?
15. What is the scientific name?
16. Why is the scientific name used instead of the common name?
17. What is the scientific name of a human?
18. If organisms belong to the same family, what else is the same about them?
19. What is binomial nomenclature?
20. What language did Linnaeus use to name organisms?
Kingdoms
21. Name the kingdoms.
22. Which kingdoms consist of eukaryotes?
23. Which kingdom consists of prokaryotes?
24. Which kingdom consists of organisms that reproduce?
25. Which kingdom consists of organisms that eat food?
26. Which kingdom consists of organisms that absorb food?
27. Which kingdoms consist of organisms that are microscopic?
28. Which kingdoms consists of organisms that have cell walls?
29. Which kingdom consists of organisms that have chloroplasts?
30. Which kingdoms consist of organisms that have nuclei?
31. How is the cell wall of a fungus different from that of a plant?
Answers
1. Carolus Linnaeus
2. System of organism classification
3. Derived characteristics (physical traits)
4. analogous
5. homologous
6. analogous
7. They show common ancestry (evolution)
8. analogous
9. homologous
10. homologous
11. homologous
12. species
13. five
14. kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
15. genus species
16. It is universal
17. Homo sapien
18. kingdom, phylum, class, order
19. Two-word naming system used to classify organisms (genus species name)
20. Latin
21. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
22. Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
23. Monera
24. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
25. Animalia
26. Fungi, Monera, Protista
27. Monera, Protista
28. Monera, Fungi, Plantae
29. Plantae
30. Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
31. Fungi have cell walls made of chitin (protein), while plants have cell walls made of cellulose.