Classification Of Organisms Vocabulary Test
Welcome to the electronic frontier science classroom of the 21st century. One important branch of biology studies biodiversity, the variety of organisms considered at all levels from populations to ecosystems. This vocabulary test includes basic concepts used in many different biology textbooks. Special instructions: when a fill in type question presents itself during the course of this test. Please enter your answer(s) using all lower case letters, unless you are given specific directions to do otherwise. I wish you well in your future studies of biology and other life sciences.
- 1.The classification level in which classes with similar characteristics are grouped is called a(n)_____.
- A.
Domain
- B.
Class
- C.
Family
- D.
Phylum
- E.
Order
- 2.Any group within a taxonomic system is called a(n)_____.
- A.
Cladistics
- B.
Division
- C.
Taxonomy
- D.
Taxon
- E.
Species
- 3.Reconstructing phylogenies by inferring relationships based on similarities derived from a common ancestor without considering the "strength" of a character is called a(n)_____.
- 4.The evolutionary history of a species is its phylogeny.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.What are orders with common properties are combined into a(n)_____ called?
- A.
Cladogram
- B.
Class
- C.
Family
- D.
Order
- E.
Species
- 6.What level of classification has similar families combined into a(n)_____?
- A.
Species
- B.
Kingdom
- C.
Order
- D.
Taxon
- E.
Genus
- 7.The classification level in which similar genera are grouped is called a(n)_____.
- 8.A similar feature that has a similar function, but is not from a similar lineage is called a(n)_____ _____.
- 9.In plants, what is the classification level below the domain is known as a(n)_____?
- 10.A(n) cladogram is a branching diagram used to show evolutionary relationships in groups of shared derived characters.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.What is the most general level of classsifcation is called a(n)_____?
- A.
Class
- B.
Domain
- C.
Family
- D.
Order
- E.
Species
- 12.Which of the following answers is the newest taxa in the Linnaean system of classifcation called?
- A.
Binomial nomenclature
- B.
Family
- C.
Phylum
- D.
Kingdom
- E.
Variety
- 13.A(n)_____ is a taxonomic category containing similar species.
- 14.Which one of the following scientists is known as the "father of modern taxonomy"?
- A.
Aristotle
- B.
Carolus Linnaeus
- C.
C. J. Temminck
- D.
Isaac Newton
- E.
Terry Erwin
- 15.Carolus Linnaeus developed a system for naming and classifying organisms, which is the called _____.
- 16.A(n)_____ is the smallest grouping, which contains only one kind of organism.
- 17.What are the unique characteristics used in cladistics are called _____ _____.
- A.
Phylogenic characters
- B.
Analogous characters
- C.
Derived characters
- D.
Binomial nomenaclature
- 18.The two-word system for naming organisms called analogous nomenclature.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.A(n) _____ contains many phyla.
- 20.Evolutionary relationships are displayed in a branching diagram called a(n)_____ _____.
- 21.The naturalist who developed the two-word system for organisms was Willi Hennig
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.The naturalist who developed the two-word system for organisms was Terry Erwin.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.The naturalist who developed the two-word system for organisms was _____.
- A.
Aristotle
- B.
Carolus Linnaeus
- C.
Terry Erwin
- D.
William Hennig
- 24.What do cladograms determine evolutionary relationships between organisms by examining?
- A.
The degree of difference between organisms
- B.
The strength of a character
- C.
Shared ancestral characters
- D.
Shared derived characters
- 25.What characteristics do scientists used in cladistics?
- A.
Analogous structures
- B.
Convergent structures
- C.
Shared derived characters
- D.
Shared homologous traits
- E.
C and A are correct answers
- F.
A and D are correct answers
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