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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat scientist gave us the system of classification we still use today?MendelLinnaeusDarwinWatson
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is taxonomy?The study of DNA and RNAThe study of how organisms are relatedThe study of classifying and describing organismsThe study of organisms in their habitat
- 3. Multiple Choice
Choose the correct order of taxa from LARGEST to SMALLEST
Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
Family, Kingdom, Order, Domain, Phylum, Class, Order, Species, Genus
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Phylum, Order, Species, Family, Genus, Domain, Kingdom
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe three Domains are:Plant, Animal, BacteriaBacteria, Archaea, EukaryaFungi, Animal, PlantInvertebrates, Vertebrates, Plants
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHaving a wide variety and lots of different species (like that in a rain forest) is called:BiodiversitySpecies RichnessPhylogenySystematics
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which would be the correct scientific name for a dog?
Dog
Mutt
Canis familiarius
Domestic Dog
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMoss, Sunflowers, Pine trees, and algae are all in this kingdom:FungiAnamaliaPlantaeBacteria
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe scientific name for an organism is made from the:class and family namegenus and species namedomain and kingdom namekingdom and phylum name
- 9. Multiple ChoiceTerm given to describe the 2 name naming system is:dichotmous keybinomial nomenclature2 scientific namesbinomial key
- 10. Multiple ChoiceMold would belong to which kingdom?AnimalArchaeaPlantFungi
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich domain includes all multicellular plants and animals?ArchaeaEukaryaEubacteriaProtista
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which kingdom includes mostly multicellular heterotrophs that absorb their food and have cell walls made out of chitin?
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
- 13. Multiple ChoiceAn organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?class and orderfamily and genusgenus and specieskingdom and phylum
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich two organisms are least closely related?two organisms from the same kingdomtwo organisms from the same ordertwo organisms from the same familytwo organisms from the same genus
- 15. Multiple Choice
An organism whose cell(s) DO NOT have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles is called a...
prokaryote
eukaryote
heterotroph
autotroph
- 16. Multiple Choice
The term that best describes an organism that photosynthesizes is...
prokaryote
eukaryote
heterotroph
autotroph
- 17. Multiple Choice
The most inclusive/broadest taxon in the classification hierarchy is...
Species
Phylum
Kingdom
Domain
- 18. Multiple Choice
Our current classification system has ____ DOMAINS.
2
3
6
12
- 19. Multiple Choice
Our current classification system has ____ KINGDOMS.
2
3
6
12
- 20. Multiple Choice
In which of the following are the Linnaean ranks in the correct order from most inclusive to least inclusive)?
phylum, kingdom, species
genus, order, family
kingdom, phylum, class
order, class, family
- 21. Multiple Choice
Based on its name, Rhizopus nigricans is most likely
a plant
an animal
in the genus nigricans
in the genus Rhizopus
- 22. Multiple Choice
In the six-kingdom system of classifying living things, which kingdoms contain unicellular organisms?
Eubacteria only
Eubacteria and "Protista" only
Archaebacteria only
Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, and "Protista"
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