Vocabulary
Classification
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Characteristics of Domains
Explain it to me
100
Several different classes make up a...
phylum
100
In an evolutionary classification scheme, species within one genus should... a. be more closely related to one another than they are to species in other genera b. be less closely related to one another than they are to species in other genera c. be limited to species that can interbreed d. have identical genes
A
100
The animals Panthera leo (lion) and _________ tigris (tiger) belong to the same genus.
Panthera
100
To be useful, a scientific name has to refer to... A. all living species B. all living and extinct species. C. all species in one habitat D. a single species
D
100
Compare/Contrast kingdom Fungi and kingdom Plantae in the six-kingdom system.
Answers vary
200
In biology, a trait that arose in an ancestor and is passed along to its descendants is referred to as a...
derived character
200
What is true about dissimilar organisms such as a cow and a yeast? A. They are not related at all B. Their degree of relatedness cannot be evaluated C. Their degree of relatedness can be estimated from their genes D. They can interbreed and thus are the same species.
C
200
The use of a two-part scientific name for organisms is called ____________ nomenclature
binomial
200
For many species, there are often regional differences in their what?
common name
200
How can DNA help scientists make the classification of similar organisms such as giant pandas and red pandas more accurate?
They can use the genes in the DNA to find out how closely they are related and classify them accordingly.
300
The use of a two-part scientific name for organisms is called...
binomial nomenclature
300
Why is the kingdom "Protista" not valid under evolutionary classification? A. Protists are all very similar and easy to confuse B. Protista contains groups that share closest common ancestors with other groups, rather than with each other. C. Protists are the most numerous organisms on Earth. D. Protista evolved before any other kingdom, and as such share a most recent common ancestor with each other, as opposed to any other group.
B
300
In Linnaeus's system of classification, the two smallest categories are genus and ____________
species
300
Often the second part of a scientific name is A. a description of a trait or habitat B. the same as for other members of the same genus C. capitalized if it derives from a proper name D. Different in different locations.
A
300
What characteristic is used to plane an organism in the domain Eukarya?
The presence of a nucleus
400
A diagram which shows how species descended from a common ancestor and characteristics that two closely related organisms may share.
Cladogram
400
The two domains composed of only unicellular organisms are...
Archaea and Bacteria
400
The domain ______________ contains plants, fungi, protists, and animals - which are all eukaryotes.
Eukarya
400
Similar DNA sequences in genes can be evidence of...
common ancestry
400
Which level of taxonomic category contains the greatest number of different organisms?
Kingdom
500
Closely related families get grouped into...
an order
500
Starting from the smallest grouping to the largest, give me the name of each grouping for organisms
species-->genus-->family-->order-->class-->phylum-->kingdom
500
_________________ considers derived characteristics that have arisen as lineages have evolved over time.
Cladistic Analysis
500
The three domain system arose when scientists found that Eubacteria and Archaebacteria were more...
dissimilar than scientists thought
500
Is the following statement true or false. If false correct the statement so it is true by changing the underlined word. An order is a broad taxonomic category composed of similar phyla(phyla is underlined)
False. Phyla should be changed to families
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