Science Quiz 1
What are the three domains that are being used today
1. Eukarya 2. Eubacteria 3. Archaea
Aristole's system was used for more than
1500 years
Who was the most important naturalist that gave a hierarchy of classification to all organisms
2.LINNEEAUS'S
The prokaryotes that live in extreme environments are classified in the kingdom
Archaebacteria
A prokaryote whose cell walls contain peptidoglycam belongs to the domain
Bacteria
Unicellular organisms sometimes found in hot springs are part of the domain
Bacteria
In ___________________, each species is assigned a two-part scientific name
Binomial Nomenclature
the kingdom Protista contains
Both single-celled and multi-celled organisms
The genus name begins with a _________ letter, and the species name with a __________ letter
Captial and Lowercase
Modern taxonmists study chromosome structure, reproductive potential, biochemical similarities, and ____________ to determine relationships among organisms
DNA
Cladogram
Diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms
The unicellular prokaryotes that make up the domain Bacteria are also classified in the kingdom
Eubacteria
What are the six kingdoms?
Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
Mushrooms belong to the kingdom
Fungi
List the seven classification categories in order from the largest to smallest
Kingdom, Phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
Which of the following is not studied to determine relationships among organisms A. Biochemical similarities B. Reproductive Potential C. Homologous Structures D. Life Span
Life Span
A Swedish botanist named _________ developed a new classification system that revolutionized taxonomy
Linneeus's
Organisms without nuclei are part of the kingdom
Monera
The organisms found in the kingdoms Animalia are
Multicellular Heterotrophs
In the discipline known as _______________, biologists assign each kind of organism a universally accepted name
Taxonomy
The science of taxonomy groups organisms on the basis of their similarities is it true or false
True
All plants are
autotrophs
An organism is often known primarily by its
common name
Characteristics that appear in recent parts of a lineage but not in its older members are called
derived characters
the group of organisms that can be larger than a kingdom is called a
domain
The method of grouping organisms into categories that represents lines of evolutionary descent is called
evolutionary classification
Binomial nomenclature is the system of giving an organism a two-word scientific name in
latin
What is used to estimate the length of time that two species have been evolving independently
molecular clock
Comparison of DNA to determine how long different species have been evolving independently can be done using
molecular clocks
The next smaller division after class in the classification system is
order
the kingdom Plantae contains primarily
photosynthetic autotrophs
Aristotle divided living things into two groups
plants and animals
The domain Eukarya includes the kingdoms
protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia
When two varieties are separated geographically from each other, many taxonomists prefer them to call them
separate species
In taxonomy, each level of classification is referred to as a __________
taxonomic
Into how many domains are organisms divided
three
Aristotle's classification system contained
two kingdoms