Who are the 3 key names in taxonomy?
Aristotle, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin
List the 3 domains
Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
Of the phyla Chordata and Arthropoda, which are vertebrates?
Chordata
What is another term for derived traits?
synapomorphies
What does the study of Histology explore?
Tissues and Cells
Who subdivided animals into two categories: those with blood (vertebrates) and those without blood (invertebrates).
Aristotle
List the 4 eukaryotic kingdoms
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista
What are Aves? What are 2 characteristics of the Aves class?
Birds - Have feathers, warm blooded and lay eggs
What does the bottom/root of a clade represent?
Common ancestor
What shape are honeycomb cells?
hexagonal
Who introduced the concept of common ancestry?
Charles Darwin
Which kingdom includes organisms such as algae and protozoa.
Protista
Cats would be part of which order and family?
Carnivora order and Felidae family
Which is the outgroup?
A. Mushroom
B. Yeast
C. Amoeba
D. Mold
Amoeba
What is the technical term for a “hashtag” symbol (#)?
Pound sign
What 2 major contributions did Carl Linnaeus have?
- Binomial Nomenclature
- Introduced the concept of hierarchical classification
Names the 3 primary groups within the plantae kingdom
Nonvascular plants, seedless vascular plants, vascular seed plants
List the first 4 levels of taxa for an insect
Eukarya
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Which of the following would not be a definitive trait in a cladogram?
Backbone, Feathers, Amniotic egg, Colorful, Tetrapod
Colorful
What has a neck but no head, two arms but no hands?
a shirt
What other idea did Aristotle come up with?
classified animals according to their environment: terrestrial, aquatic, or aerial.
Some kingdoms are heterotrophic while other are autotrophic. Which kingdoms are heterotrophic, meaning they consume other organisms for energy?
The Animalia and Fungi kingdoms
What is the binomial name for a grey wolf?
Canis lupus
What shared derived trait defines the clade Mammalia?
Hair OR mammary glands
what is the unit of electrical resistance?
Ohm Ω