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- 1. Multiple Choice
The science of classifying living things according to their
similarities is called –
physiology
zoology
taxonomy
taxidermy
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the importance of a standardized taxonomic
system to the scientific community?
To have many different common names for one species.
To organize species’ cells, tissues, organs, and organ
systems.
To have a universal scientific naming system.
To analyze species genetic information.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of these is demonstrated by the information above?
The need for controlling variables by experiments.
The need for classifying and naming organisms scientifically.
The importance of predicting trends from scientific data.
The importance of questioning experimental evidence.
- 4. Multiple Choice
As shown in the cladogram above, what characteristic do ferns, cone-bearing plants, and flowering plants all have in common?
Vascular Tissue
Seed Production
Flower Production
All developed at about the same time.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which organism in the chart above is most distantly related from the other organisms?
Organism A
Organism B
Organism C
Organism D
- 6. Multiple Choice
A dichotomous key is used to -
make cladograms.
identify derived characteristics
trace evolutionary development.
identify the species of an organism.
- 7. Multiple Choice
An entomologist collected several insect specimens from a local meadow. She assigned each specimen a number, and recorded her observations in the dichotomous key shown below.
What is the specimen number for the following insect?
#145
#256
#232
#123
- 8. Multiple Choice
The bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, is most closely related to the –
Spotted chorus frog, Pseudacris clarki
Asian flying frog, Polypedates leucomystax
Northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens
African bullfrog, Pyxicephalus adspersus
- 9. Multiple Choice
The scientific name of a mountain lion is Felix concolor and a housecat is Felis catus. Based on the names, you can determine that these two animals belong to the same –
species, but a different genus
species, but a different family
family, but a different order
genus, but a different species
- 10. Multiple Choice
Correctly identify the kingdom whose members exhibit these traits:
- most are multicellular
- eukaryotic
- possess cell walls
- do not perform photosynthesis
- non-mobile representative organisms – mushrooms, mold
Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Eubacteria
- 11. Multiple Choice
To which kingdom do prokaryotic, single-celled microorganisms that survive the extreme temperatures in geysers, the very cold habitats of the Arctic, or the highly salty habitats of the ocean belong?
Eubacteria
Fungi
Archeabacteria
Protista
- 12. Multiple Choice
“I am a single-celled organism that often lives in or on your body. Only a few of me cause disease, but mainly I help with food digestion. Humans sometimes use me to process foods like yogurt. In addition, I have a cell wall but I do not have a nucleus.” To which kingdom does this organism belong to?
Eubacteria
Fungi
Plantae
Protista
- 13. Multiple Choice
Multicellular eukaryotes that are usually mobile and obtain food from other organisms probably belong to the kingdom –
Plantae
Fungi
Animalia
Protista
- 14. Multiple Choice
● it is a single-celled organism
● has a flagellum and is able to move
● it contains a cell membrane
● it contains chloroplasts
You are given the above information about a cell. What conclusion can be drawn from this information?
It is a single plant cell.
It is a fungal cell.
It is a protista cell.
It is an animal cell.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which is a characteristic of members of the plant kingdom that distinguishes them from members of the animal kingdom?
Storage of energy in chemical bonds.
Exchange of water with the environment.
Use of mRNA during protein synthesis.
Use of chlorophyll for solar energy transformations.
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