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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which kingdom would an organism belong to if you noted that there was vascular tissue as seen in celery to move water up the stalk?
bacteria
animal
plant
fungus
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which organism is most closely related to this organism-->
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Lupus
Family: Canidae
Genus: Homo
Species: Lupus
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Species: Lupus
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Dupos
Family: Equidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Lupus
- 3. Multiple Choice
How are phylogenetic trees used?
They show a common ancestor amongst many species
It shows how a single species is the same
It provides exact descriptions of the evolutionary relationship between species
It's an estimation of how characteristics affect organisms
- 4. Multiple Choice
How are prokaryotes different from eukaryotes?
Prokaryotes have a nucleus & eukaryotes don't.
Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus and eukaryotes do.
Prokaryotes have membrane bound organelles and eukaryotes don't.
Prokaryotes are complex and eukaryotes are simple.
- 5. Multiple Choice
If you have a monster with the following traits, what is his name?
2 eyes, green body, claws, 8 legs
Deerus octagis
Deerus pestis
Deerus magnus
Deerus humpis
Deerus purplinis
- 6. Multiple Choice
The kingdoms of protist, fungi, and animals are similar because they all:
include organisms that have a cell wall
include organisms that have roots
include organisms that are simple
include organisms that are heterotrophs
- 7. Multiple Choice
What key difference makes bacteria and archaebacteria different?
The cell type
The cell structure
The number of cells
The mode of nutritition
- 8. Multiple Choice
How are phylogenetic trees and dichotomous keys different?
Dichotomous: classification by traits
Phylogenetic: show evolutionary relationships
Dichotomous: show evolutionary relationships
Phylogenetic: classification by traits
Dichotomous: classification by traits
Phylogenetic: classification by phenotype
- 9. Multiple Choice
What caused the bacteria kingdom to split into 2 kingdoms: bacteria and archaebacteria?
bacteria are bad and archaebacteria are good
bacteria are able to live longer than archaebacteria
archaebacteria are able to live longer than bacteria
archaebacteria can survive in extreme environments
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why are there more kingdoms in the classification system today than there were when it was first created?
there is more information from better technology
there are less species now than before
there are more rules to classify organisms now
there are more scientists now to classify organisms
- 11. Multiple Choice
If you see 7 insects and must create a dichotomous key, what would be important to do?
find fossil information on the insects
list the different characteristics of the insects
find more insects that look similar
find the ancestors of the insects
- 12. Multiple Choice
True or False: When creating a dichotomous key, it's important to find observable characteristics amongst the organisms.
TRUE
FALSE
- 13. Multiple Choice
Here is a phylogenetic tree. Which organism is most closely related to organism B?
A
C
D
E
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why do you think the kingdom of bacteria got split into 2 kingdoms?
Because there were differences that set it apart from all kingdoms
Because it was too large
Because there were many types of bacteria that were similar
Because 2 is better than 1
- 15. Multiple Choice
Here is a phylogenetic tree. Which organisms differ the MOST?
A & E
E & G
B & H
D & G
- 16. Multiple Choice
If something falls under the plant category, it is more than likely:
an autotrophic eukaryote
a heterotrophic eukaryote
an autotrophic prokaryote
a heterotrophic prokaryote
- 17. Multiple Choice
A phylogenetic tree is useful because it:
shows common ancestors
shows how traits are passed on
shows how the development of new traits made no change in species
shows life
- 18. Multiple Choice
Here is a cladogram. Which two organisms are more closely related?
fish and amphibians
birds and rodents
reptiles and birds
primates and birds
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which organism is the oldest ancestor?
rodent
bird
frog
fish
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