Chapter 26 Bio 2 practice quiz

In the taxonomic hierarchy, the red-winged blackbird belongs to the following taxonomic groups: What is the name of this bird Binomial nomenclature Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae Genus: Agelaius Species: phoeniceus

Agelaius phoeniceus

The lung is a type of respiratory organ. The lung is a(n) ____ and a respiratory organ is a _____. A. character; character state B. character state; character C. analogous trait; homologous trait D. shared primitive character; shared derived character

B. character state; character

The classification of species based on evolutionary relationships is: A. taxonomy B. cladistics C. systematics D. phylogeny

B. cladistics

The branch points or nodes in a phylogenetic tree depict which of the following? A. anagenesis B. cladogenesis C. horizontal gene transfer D. a and b only E. b and c only

B. cladogenesis

Which of the following are at the classification level of domain in the taxonomic hierarchy? Bacteria Archaea Eukarya Animalia Amoebozoa

Bacteria Archaea Eukarya

The study of biological diversity based on evolutionary relationships is A. paleontology. B. evolution. C. systematics. D. phylogeny. E. both a and b.

C. systematics.

Which of the following is the correct order of the taxa used to classify organisms? A. kingdom, domain, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species B. domain, kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genus, species C. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, order, genus, species D. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species E. kingdom, domain, phylum, order, class, family, species, genus

D. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

The evolutionary history of a species is its A. systematics. B. taxonomy. C. evolution. D. phylogeny. E.embryology.

D. phylogeny.

Once species have been selected, what is the next step of cladistic analysis? A. Determine the polarity of character states. B. Construct a cladogram. C. Provide a root to the phylogenetic tree by choosing a noncontroversial outgroup. D. Use the principle of parsimony. E. Choose characters for comparing the species.

E. Choose characters for comparing the species

When considering organisms within the same taxon, which level includes organisms with the greatest similarity? A. kingdom B. class C. order D. family E. genus

E. genus

The domain Eukarya formerly consisted of four kingdoms called

Protista,Fungi,Plantae, and Animalia

A taxon composed of all species derived from a common ancestor is referred to as a phylum. a monophyletic group or clade. a genus. an outgroup. all of the above.

a monophyletic group or clade.

Research indicates that horizontal gene transfer is less prevalent in eukaryotes because of the presence of organelles. multicellularity. sexual reproduction. all of the above. b and c only.

b and c only. (multicellularity. sexual reproduction.)

A goal of modern taxonomy is to classify all organisms based on morphological similarities. classify all organisms in monophyletic groups. classify all organisms based solely on genetic similarities. determine the evolutionary relationships only between similar species. none of the above

classify all organisms in monophyletic groups.

The concept that the preferred hypothesis is the one that is the simplest is phenetics. cladistics. the principle of parsimony. maximum likelihood. both b and d.

the principle of parsimony