Classification and Kingdoms Review

All organisms in the kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia are

• multicellular organisms

• eukaryotes

• photosynthetic organisms

• prokaryotes

A branching diagram that shows evolutionary relationships is called...

• Family tree

• Cladogram

• Pedigree

• Homology

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Traits that appear along an evolutionary timeline and are found in some organisms but not all are...

*hint they are dashes on a cladogram

• clade

• node

• derived characters

• phyla

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Which phrase best describes the Linnaean classification system?

• Every genus contains only one species

• The taxa (levels) are interchangeable

• There is only one kingdom

• Classification is based on physical characteristics alone

Which description distinguishes eukaryotes from prokaryotes?

• Eukaryotes have a cell wall.

• Eukaryotes are photosynthetic.

• Eukaryotes have a nucleus.

• Eukaryotes are always multicellular.

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Which of the following is correctly written in the binomial nomenclature system?

• Canis lupus

• Red wolf

• Ailurus Fulgens

• canis Lupus

Cladistics is a modern classification system based on

• nomenclature.

• dichotomous keys.

• evolutionary relationships.

• physical characteristics.

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In a cladogram, what represents the most recent common ancestor shared by a clade?

• a mark by the clade's derived character

• the overlapping of one clade upon another

• the longest branch

• the node where branches split

Single-celled prokaryotes that are classified by their ability to survive extreme conditions are

• fungi

• archaea

• protists

• eukaryotes

What characteristic of fungi makes them different from plants?

• They grow only in shade

• They have a different cell membrane

• They do not feed in the same way

• They are prokaryotes, not eukaryotes

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