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According to Linnaeus’ early classification system, organisms would be classified according to their most evident characteristic, its structure or
a) phylogeny
b) morphology
c) habitat
d) shared derived characters

Of the following types of evidence, which is the most recent to have been used to classify organisms?
a) embryological patterns
b) fossil record
c) chromosomes and macromolecules
d) morphology

Linnaeus devised a hierarchy of seven different levels of organization that are still used today. Which of the following is the correct sequence of those levels?
a) phylum, class, family, order, kingdom, genus, species
b) species, genus, class, family, order, phylum, kingdom
c) kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus species
d) kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Which of the following kingdoms would include organisms that have prokaryotic cells?
a) Eubacteria
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Plantae

In Japanese Four O’Clock flowers, a pink flower can be self-pollinated and produce offspring that are red or white or pink. This is an example of
a) incomplete dominance
b) codominance
c) interdominance
d) complete dominance

Disproved spontaneous generation by using curved-necked flasks which limited microorganisms from
a) Lazzaro Spallanzani
b) Francesco Redi
c) Louis Pasteur
d) Charles Darwin

A modern systematic taxonomists would likely consider the following when classifying an organism
a) behavior, morphology, embryology, and habitat
b) fossil record, morphology, embryological development, and macromolecules
c) fossil record, macromolecules, habitat, and embryological development
d) fossil record, morphology, embryological development, and habitat

The classification basis for the 3-Domain System is differences in
a) rRNA
b) DNA in nucleus or not
c) proteins
d) morphology

The evolutionary history of an organism is its
a) morphology
b) taxonomy
c) classification
d) phylogeny

Fungi differ from plants in that fungi are
a) prokaryotes
b) eukaryotes
c) heterotrophs
d) autotrophs

Will you review how to use a dichotomous key before the exam?
a) no
b) yes
c)
d)

Which of the following is not one of the domains in classification?
a) Protista
b) Bacteria
c) Archae
d) Eukarya

Which of the following is the proper way to write a scientific name?
a) Homo sapien
b) homo sapien
c) homo Sapien
d) Homo Sapien

The kingdom which includes eukaryotic, multicellular, autotrophs
a) Fungi
b) Plantae
c) Animalia
d) Protista

The two-name system of classifying organisms is called
a) binomial nomenclature
b) dihybrid cross
c) species code
d) bipedalism

The most recent classification system divides organisms into ______ kingdoms
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6

A monohybrid cross of two individuals that are heterozygous for a trait exhibiting complete dominance would probably result in a genotypic ratio of
a) 1 dominant allele is expressed : 3 recessive alleles are expressed
b) 3 TT : 1 tt
c) 3 dominant alleles are expressed : 1 recessive alleles are expressed
d) 1 TT : 2 Tt : 1 tt

A monohybrid cross of two individuals that are heterozygous for a trait exhibiting complete dominance will probably result in a a phenotypic ratio of
a) 1 dominant allele is expressed : 3 recessive alleles are expressed
b) 3 TT : 1 tt
c) 3 dominant alleles are expressed : 1 recessive alleles are expressed
d) 1 TT : 2 Tt : 1 tt

The science of grouping organisms according to their presumed natural relationships/characteristics is called:
a) nomenclature
b) taxonomy
c) classification
d) karyotyping

Length, weight, and many other quantitative traits in a population tend to show variation that, when plotted on a graph, looks like
a) a bell curve
b) a population wave
c) a gene pool
d) an equilibrium plot

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