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Classification Exam Review
1. What are the advantages for having a universal naming system for organisms?
It is advantageous to have a universal naming system for organisms because it allows people to
communicate about the same animal regardless of what language they speak.
2. Which organism is most closely related to Brachionus angularis? (Circle one)
Passer domesticus
Canis angularis
Brachionus caudatus
Felis familaris
3. List the 8 levels of hierarchy used to classify organisms. (Hint: Think “Dear King Phillip Came
Over for Great Spaghetti”
a. Domain
e. order
b. Kingdom
f. family
c. phylum
g. genus
d. class
h. species
29. Which of the following sets of characteristics would be best for starting a dichotomous key to classify
organisms?
Animal
vertebrate
four legs
microscopic in size
Mammal
invertebrate
six legs
can be seen without a microscope
Use the following word bank to answer the questions below:
Binomial nomenclature Form and structure Science of naming and classifying organisms Domain Family Is reproductively isolated from other species Same genus species plantae Interbreeding between closely related species 4. Linnaeus’s two-word system for naming organisms is called binomial nomenclature 5. Taxonomy is _the science of naming and classifying organisms
6. Under the Linnaean system of classification, plants and animals are sorted into groups based on form and
structure.
7. The largest division that a group of organisms can belong to is their Domain
8. Similar genera are grouped into a(n) Family
9. A biological species is reproductively isolated from other species
10. A hybrid is produced from interbreeding between closely related species
11. Dogs (Canis familiaris) and wolves (Canis lupus) are members of genus
12. Scientists discover a new organism. The organism is autotrophic, with membrane-bound organelles. To
which of these kingdoms does this organism most likely belong? Plantae
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Use the following word bank to answer the questions below:
Similar environments Pressure by natural selection Found in closely related species animals Autotrophs & plants are heterotrophs They are all eukaryotes Monera protista and fungi Body type Nutrition Cladogram Cell type Prokarytoes Animalia Fungi morphological similarities to identify/classify organisms Food
Protista cell structure Fungi 13. Convergent evolution produces similar features in different organisms as the result of similar environments
and pressure by natural selection
14. A model used by evolutionary biologists and taxonomists to represent evolutionary history and therefore the
level of relatedness among species is called a cladogram
15. Derived characteristics are traits found in closely related species
16. Four of the kingdoms include eukaryotes and the other two include prokaryotes
17. A characteristic used to differentiate kingdoms is body type, cell type, cell structure , nutrition
18. These kingdoms contain unicellular and multicellular animals protista and fungi
19. The kingdoms Eubacteria and Archaebacteria were once grouped in a kingdom called monera.
20. These kingdoms only contain heterotrophs animalia and fungi
21. Some bacteria are capable of producing their own food
22. One difference between plants and animals is that plants are autotrophs and animals are heterotrophs
23. Some bacteria are capable of producing their own food (This was a duplicate question! Sorry!!)
24. A dichotomous key is used for classify/identify organisms
25. Classification, using a systematics approach, usually involves morphological similarities
26. What factors do the Kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia have in common? The are all
eukaryotes.
27. Which Kingdom contains organisms that have cell walls of chitin and cannot photosynthesize? fungi
28. Mark all answer that are “true” with a “T.” Mark all answers that are “false” with an “F.” If the answer is
false, correct the statement:
a. Analogous structures perform the same function in organisms. _T_
b. Analogous structures can be present is very different species. _T
c. Analogous structures evolve from a common ancestor. F- do not evolve from a common
ancestor
d. Analogous structures are likely a result of similar habitat or selection pressures. T
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Refer to the following cladogram:
29. Which type of plant is most closely related to mosses? __ferns_______________________
30. What character can be used to distinguish between the mosses and all other plants? ___vascular tissue
31. Marci needs to identify the specimen above for her biology collection. Circle which questions would be
most useful in the identification process of bug?
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