Evolution and Classification

Which of the following terms is no longer used to describe a group of organisms in the modern classification system?

• Archea

• Monera

• Eubacteria

• Protists

Which of the following is the result of artificial selection?

• The rain forest plants and animals

• The fish that live in the ocean

• A particular breed of dogs with a certain coat.

• The weeds in a garden.

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The scientific name for an organism comes from its _____.

• class and phylum

• family and species

• kingdom and phylum

• genus and species

On this Cladogram, which animals have fur?

• Mouse, Chimp

• Pigeon, Mouse, Chimp

• Lizard, Pigeon, Mouse, Chimp

• Chimp

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What Level of Classification is missing from the RED section?

• Kingdom

• Order

• Genus

• Species

The species of finches that Darwin observed differed in the shape of their beaks.  According to Darwin, all of these species probably differed due to...

• natural selection
• had migrated from Africa
• had descended from similar birds in Africa
• ate the same diet

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Refer to the illustration.  The similarity of these structures is one from of evidence that the organisms...

• share a common ancestor
• all grow at different rates
• evolved instantaneously
• live for a long time

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Taxonomy is...

• The study of life

• the science of naming and classifying animals

• the evolutionary history of species

• the sequence in which different groups evolved

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One difference between plants and animals is that plants are

• prokaryotic and animals are eukaryotic.

• eukaryotic and animals are prokaryotic.

• autotrophs and animals are heterotrophs.

• heterotrophs and animals are autotrophs.

Four of the kingdoms include eukaryotes and the other two include

• plants

• fungi

• animals

• prokaryotes