True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false.
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1.
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Organisms in the Kingdom Animalia are multicellular and obtain nutrition by ingesting
food.
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2.
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A
phylogenetic tree illustrates only the most recently evolved organisms of a species.
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3.
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Similarity in appearance is always a valid basis for classifying organisms as
evolutionarily related.
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4.
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Eukaryotes are the most abundant inhabitants of the Earth.
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5.
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Genetic diversity is the raw material for evolution.
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6.
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Each
of the kingdoms of living things exhibits multicellularity.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Scientists assign each kind of organism a universally accepted name in the system
known as
a. |
traditional
classification. |
b. |
the three domains. |
c. |
binomial
nomenclature. |
d. |
cladistics. | | |
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8.
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In
taxonomy, a group at any level of organization is referred to as a
a. |
cladogram. |
b. |
binomial. |
c. |
taxon. |
d. |
system. | | |
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9.
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Scientists have identified and named
a. |
all living
species. |
b. |
all living and extinct species. |
c. |
all extinct
species. |
d. |
a fraction of all species. | | |
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10.
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In
the scientific version of a species name, which of the terms is capitalized?
a. |
the first term
only |
b. |
the second term
only |
c. |
both the first
and second terms |
d. |
neither the first nor the second term | | |
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11.
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Based
on their names, you know that the baboons Papio annubis and Papio cynocephalus do NOT
belong to the same
a. |
class. |
b. |
family. |
c. |
genus. |
d. |
species. | | |
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12.
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In
Linnaeus’s system of classification, how many taxonomic categories were there?
a. |
one |
b. |
three |
c. |
five |
d. |
seven | | |
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13.
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A
genus is composed of a number of related
a. |
kingdoms. |
b. |
phyla. |
c. |
orders. |
d. |
species. | | |
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14.
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Several different classes make up a
a. |
kingdom. |
b. |
phylum. |
c. |
family. |
d. |
genus. | | |
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15.
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Animals that are warm-blooded, have body hair, and produce milk for their young are
grouped in the class
a. |
Amphibia. |
b. |
Mammalia. |
c. |
Aves. |
d. |
Reptilia. | | |
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16.
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The
most general and largest category in Linnaeus’s system is
a. |
the
phylum. |
b. |
the kingdom. |
c. |
the
genus. |
d. |
the domain. | | |
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17.
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Simple, non-nucleated organisms that use hydrogen gas to produce methane belong to the
kingdom
a. |
Archaebacteria. |
c. |
Protista |
b. |
Eubacteria. |
d. |
Fungi. | | | | |
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18.
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The
red maple is also known as Acer rubrum . Its scientific name is
a. |
red. |
c. |
maple. |
b. |
Acer. |
d. |
Acer rubrum. | | | | |
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19.
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Linnaeus put similar species into a larger group called the:
a. |
class |
c. |
genus |
b. |
family |
d. |
division | | | | |
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20.
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Taxonomy is defined as the science of:
a. |
classifying plants according to their uses in
agricultural experiments |
b. |
studying ribosomal RNA sequencing
techniques |
c. |
grouping organism according to their presumed natural
relationships |
d. |
studying reproductive mechanisms and gene
flow | | |
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21.
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Which
of the following kingdoms includes the greatest number of living organism on earth?
a. |
Animalia |
c. |
Monera |
b. |
Fungi |
d. |
Protista | | | | |
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22.
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Which
kingdom contains a relatively small number of species but includes the greatest number of living
thins on earth?
a. |
Animalia |
c. |
Plantae |
b. |
Protista |
d. |
Monera | | | | |
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23.
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Taxonomy is defined as the science of
a. |
classifying plants according to their uses in
agricultural experiments. |
b. |
studying ribosomal RNA sequencing
techniques. |
c. |
grouping organisms according to their charateristics and
evoluntionary history. |
d. |
studying reproductive mechanisms and gene
flow. | | |
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A Comparison of Dolphins and
Sharks
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24.
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Refer
to the illustration above. A shark’s skeleton is made of cartilage while a dolphin’s
skeleton is made of bone. This is one reason the two organisms are placed in
different
a. |
kingdoms. |
c. |
subphyla. |
b. |
phyla. |
d. |
classes. | | | | |
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Phylogenetic Tree of the Six
Kingdoms
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25.
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Refer
to the illustration above. The kingdom represented in box “B” is
a. |
Archaebacteria. |
c. |
Eubacteria. |
b. |
Protista. |
d. |
Fungi. | | | | |
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26.
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Simple, non-nucleated organisms that use hydrogen to produce methane are in the
kingdom
a. |
Archaebacteria. |
c. |
Protista. |
b. |
Eubacteria. |
d. |
Fungi. | | | | |
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