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The science of naming and grouping organisms is called
a) Anatomy
b) Systematics
c) Botany
d) Paleontology

Solely from its name, you know that Rhizopus nigricans must be
a) a plant
b) an animal
c) in the genus Nigricans
d) in the genus Rhizopus

A useful classification system does NOT
a) show relationships
b) reveal evolutionary trends
c) use different scientific names for the same organism
d) change the taxon of an organism based on new data

In Linnaeus's system of classifying organisms, orders are grouped together into
a) classes.
b) species
c) families.
d) genera.

The largest and most inclusive of the Linnean taxonomic ranks is the
a) kingdom
b) phylum
c) order
d) domain

A group that is limited to a common ancestor and all of its descendants is called a
a) taxon
b) phylogeny
c) tree of life
d) monophyletic group

A specific trait that is used to construct a cladogram is called a
a) taxon
b) structural feature
c) clade
d) derived character

The three domains are
a) Animalia, Plantae, and Archaebacteria
b) Plantae, Fungi, and Eubacteria
c) Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
d) Protiata, Bacteria, and Animalia

Which of the following kingdoms include only heterotrophs?
a) Protista
b) Fungi
c) Plantae
d) Eubacteria

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Linneaus's system for naming organisms?
a) a two-part name
b) multipart name describing several traits
c) name that identifies the organism's genus
d) name that includes the organism's species identifier

In which of the following are the linnean ranks in correct order?
a) Phylum, kingdom, species
b) genus, order, family
c) kingdom, phylum, class
d) order, class, family

In the six-kingdom system of classifying living things, which kingdoms contain unicellular organisms?
a) Eubacteria only
b) Eubacteria and Protista only
c) Archaebacteria only
d) Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Plantae, and Protista

If species A and B have very similar genes, which of the following statements is probably true?
a) Species A and B shared a relatively recent ancestor.
b) Species A evolved independently of species B for a long period
c) Species A and species B are the same species
d) Species A is older than species B

The taxon called Eukarya is a/an
a) Order
b) Phylum
c) Kingdom
d) Domain

Members of the kingdom Protista are classified into
a) One domains
b) Three domains
c) Three species
d) Three kingdoms

A branch of a cladogram that consists of a single common ancestor and all the descendants of that ancestor is called
a) cladistics
b) a kingdom
c) a clade
d) a class

The domain Archea has one kingdom in it. What is it?
a) Eubacteria
b) Archaebacteria
c) Protista
d) Archeaprotista

The four kingdoms within Eukarya are:
a) Eubacteria, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
b) Fungi, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Plantae
c) Bacteria, Archaea, Protista, Plantae
d) Plantae, Animalia, Protista, Fungi

Kingdoms are grouped together into
a) Classes
b) Orders
c) Domains
d) Genus

Families are grouped together into
a) Genus
b) Phylums
c) Classes
d) Orders

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