Unit 11 Classification of Living Things Test

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You would find mushrooms in which kingdom? Options: Plantae, Protists, Fungi, Animalia

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Fungi

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The scientific name for an organism is made from the: class and family name, genus and species name, domain and kingdom name, kingdom and phylum name

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genus and species name

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Which of the following organisms are MOST closely related? Options: organisms that share a domain, organisms that share a family, organisms that share a genus, organisms that share an order

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organisms that share a genus

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The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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What are the three domains?

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Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya

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The law of superposition states

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the oldest layer is on the bottom and the youngest is on the top when it is undisturbed

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The time it takes for 50% of the nuclei in a radioactive sample to decay to its stable isotope is called _____

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the half-life

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What is the most specific level of classification?

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Species

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What is the purpose of gel electrophoresis?

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separates DNA based on size

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Who was Charles Darwin?

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A naturalist who came up with the theory of evolution