Taxonomy Warm Up 1
Welcome to the 21st century classroom for biology. Your warm up or bell ringer exercise will focus on a branch of biology the investigates biodiversity, the variety of organisms considered at all levels from populations to ecosystems. You have 3 attempts to earn a high grade on this warm up.
- 1.Which scientist devised a system of grouping organisms into hierarchical categories according to their form and structure?
- A.
C.J. Temminck
- B.
Carolus Linnaeus
- C.
T.J. Thomas
- D.
Aristotle
- E.
Conrad Gessner
- 2.Which taxon contains the least number of organisms in the list below?
- A.
Domain
- B.
Kingdom
- C.
Class
- D.
Genus
- E.
Species
- 3.Which taxon contains the least number of organisms in the list below?
- A.
Variety
- B.
Order
- C.
Domain
- D.
Species
- E.
Phylum
- 4.The Greek philosopher Aristotle classified organisms into two main groups, animals and fungus.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.In the video "How to Build a cladogram" which one is the first step?
- A.
Choose a set of organisms
- B.
Set up a data table of characteristics
- C.
Make very careful observations
- D.
Construct a database with select traits
- E.
Construct a venn diagram
- 6.In the video "How to Build a cladogram" which one is the second step?
- A.
Choose a set of organisms
- B.
Set up a data table of characteristics
- C.
Make very careful observations
- D.
Construct a database with select traits
- E.
Construct a venn diagram
- 7.In the video "How to Build a cladogram" which one is the third step?
- A.
Choose a set of organisms
- B.
Set up a data table of characteristics
- C.
Make very careful observations
- D.
Construct a database with select traits
- E.
Construct a venn diagram
- 8.How many of tree leaves were oaks used in the dichotomous key?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- E.
5
- F.
6
- 9.Which biologist developed the cladistics in 1966?
- A.
Linnaeus
- B.
Hennig
- C.
Woese
- D.
Ray
- E.
Whittaker
- 10.Which biologist invented the five-kingdom approach to classification?
- A.
Linnaeus
- B.
Hennig
- C.
Woese
- D.
Ray
- E.
Whittaker
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