SB4 Classification Practice Questions

Who developed the system of binomial nomenclature?

• Charles Darwin

• Carl Linnaeus

• Gregor Mendel

• Pierre Magnol

The major taxa of scientific classification include

• kingdom, phylum, class, order, and family.

• kingdom, phylum, class, genus, and species.

• . genus, species, variety, family, and tribe

• genus, species, variety, form, and individual.

How are plants classified?

• the common name system

• the binomial system

• the european system

• the scientific system

What is the most general and largest category in Linnaeus's system?

• class

• genus

• phylum

• kingdom

Which sequence is in the correct order from the least specific to the most specific?

• Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Family → Order → Genus → Species

• Kingdom → Genus → Family → Phylum → Class → Order → Species

• Kingdom → Family → Genus → Phylum → Class → Order → Species

• . Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species

What viral replication cycle is taking place in this diagram?

• mitosis

• meiosis

• lysogenic cycle

• lytic cycle

Among the living species, which two organisms are most closely related?

• A and G

• C and F

• B and G

• E and F

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The structure of a virus is simpler than the structure of a cell. A virus may be composed of only

• a lysosome, transfer RNA, and enzymes

• a cytoskeleton, chloroplasts, and a mitochondrion

• a nucleus, a Golgi apparatus, and cytoplasm

• a genome, a protein coat, and a lipid membrane

Viruses that replicate using the lysogenic cycle

• break open the cell at the end of the cycle.

• may convert to the lytic cycle

• are all bacteriophages with DNA.

• always affect the function of the host cell

Herpes simplex and HIV are excellent examples of which of the following?

• bacteria

• virus

• immunity

• antigens