Vocabulary
Linnaean Classification
Modern
Classification
Classification
Kingdoms
Wildcard
100
The domain containing organisms that are unicellular is called what?
Bacteria
100
The goal of ___________ is to group living things into groups called taxa.
Systematics
100
all species that are part of the same monophyletic group share a what?
Common ancestor
100
To what kingdom do sponges, worms, insects, and mammals belong?
Animalia
100
Who is the current Vice President?
Kamala Harris
200
A group of classes is called a what?
Phylum
200
The largest category in taxonomic classification is the species.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE
200
____________ is the study of how different species both living and extinct are related to each other.
Phylogeny
200
What kingdom do mushrooms, and yeasts belong to?
Fungi
200
What is the capital city of Virginia?
Richmond
300
A group of families is called a what?
An Order
300
Classes with similar traits are grouped into __________.
Orders
300
A clade includes a common ancestor and only the living descendants of that ancestor.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE (a clade includes both living and extinct descendants of the common ancestor.)
300
To what kingdom do algae, moss, and clover belong?
Plantae
300
In what year did WWII end?
1945
400
A _________ is a visual representation of the different degrees of relatedness among lineages.
Cladogram
400
Orders with similar traits are grouped into __________.
Families
400
The place where ancestral lineage splits off on a cladogram is called a fork, or more appropriately a ____________.
A Node.
400
To what kingdom do salmonella, lactobacillus, and E. coli belong?
Eubacteria
400
Books in libraries are arranged using a system of numbers that categorize books by topic. This classification system is called what?
The Dewey Decimal System
500
A ____________ trait is a trait that was introduced by the most recent common ancestor and was passed on to its descendants.
Derived Trait
500
The goal of Linnaean Classification is to group species in a way that depicts their evolutionary changes over time.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE (Linnaean classification is only concerned with general similarities.)
500
looking at this cladogram, what is the most recent common ancestor shared by both the lizard and the salamander?
A
B
C
D
B
500
to what kingdom do amoebas, diatoms, and paramecium belong?
Protista
500
Of the 5 great lakes, which is the smallest by area? Superior, Ontario, Erie, Huron or Michigan?
Ontario