Which is the broadest classification level?
a. family c. phylum
b. domain d. species
What is b. domain.
100
TRUE/FALSE Archaea and Bacteria are two domains of EUKARYOTES.
What is false, prokaryotes.
100
Shows evolutionary relationships among organisms
What is a branching tree diagram?
100
The first word in an organism’s scientific name is its ____________________.
What is genus.
200
A change in an organisms surrounding that causes the organism to react
What is a stimulus?
200
True/False The scientific study of how organisms are classified is called BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE.
What is false, taxonomy.
200
An example of a multicellular autotroph are _________.
What are plants?
200
A trait that the common ancestor of a group had and passed on to its descendants.
What is a shared derived characteristic?
200
The bones in the wing of a bat are similar to the bones in the flipper of a whale. This information suggests that bats and whales have a similar ____________________ history.
What is evolutionary.
300
Computers use energy and respond to certain stimuli, such as commands from the user. Why, then, are computers not considered living things?
What is...Computers do not have all of the characteristics of living things. Computers are not composed of cells. They cannot reproduce. They do not grow and develop.
300
The first word in an organism's name ___________.
What is the genus?
300
Mushrooms, molds, and mildew are all in this kingdom.
What are fungi?
300
What is one way in which scientists get information about the evolutionary history of species?
a. by comparing organisms’ body structures
b. by observing where organisms live
c.by observing what organisms eat
d.by studying how organisms move
What is a.by comparing organisms’ body structures.
300
____________________ developed a naming system that grouped organisms on the basis of their observable features.
Who is Linnaeus.
400
Spontaneous generation is a mistaken idea because living things _________________.
a. exhibit binomial nomenclature.
b. are produced only by living things.
c. do not reproduce.
d. maintain homeostasis.
What is b. are produced only by living things.
400
The most specific level of organization in the levels of classification __________.
What is the species?
400
One characteristic used to place organisms into kingdoms is
a. how they move. c. their ability to make food.
b. where they live. d. their ability to reproduce.
What is c. their ability to make food.
400
True/False: Alligators and crocodiles are classified in the same order and therefore probably have DIFFERENT evolutionary histories.
What is false, similar
400
Organisms with cells that contain nuclei.
What are eukaryotes?
500
Six things that all living things have in common.
What are they have cellular organization, contain similar chemicals, use energy, respond to their surroundings, grow and develop, and reproduce?
500
A person tells you that two organisms belong to the same family but to different classes. Can that information be correct? Explain.
What is...No, that information cannot be correct. A family is a subgroup of one order, and an order is a subgroup of one class. Therefore, any two organisms that belong to the same family must also belong to the same class.
500
Which kingdoms include both unicellular and multicellular organisms?
a. fungi and plants c. protists and animals
b. fungi and protists d. protists and plants
What is b. fungi and protists
500
Species with similar _____________ _____________ are classified more closely together.
What is similar evolutionary histories?
500
A(n) ____________________ consists of paired statements about the characteristics of different organisms.