Unit 2B Review

What are the 2 components used in binomial nomenclature?

• Kingdom & Phylum

• Class & Order

• Genus & Species

• Domain & Family

Which of these is the correct way to write

the scientific name of this species?

• Vulpes vulpes

• Vulpes Vulpes

• Vulpes Vulpes

• Vulpes vulpes

Which is a more specific classification for

an organism? Family, or Species?

• Family

• Species

• Both

• Neither

Are humans considered

prokaryotic? or eukayotic?

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

• Both

• Neither

On a phylogenetic tree, nodes represent what?

• The moment where evolution occurred

• Common Ancestor

• Population Increase

• Mutations

On this phylogenetic tree, which two organisms will have the most differences in their DNA?

• Birds & Crocodiles

• Crocodiles & Ray Finned Fish

• Birds & Sharks

• Sharks & Ray Finned Fish

On this phylogenetic tree, which trait separates sharks from ray-finned fish?

• Vertbrae

• Bony Skeleton

• Four Limbs

• Fast Swimming

From the list below, which two organisms from the phylogenetic tree above will have the most similar DNA sequences?

• Sharks & Ray Finned Fish

• Birds & Rabbits

• Amphibians and Ray Finned Fish

• Primates & Rodents/Rabbits

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the continents were joined as one big super continent. What was this called?

• Texas

• Pangea

• Cretaceous

• Apange

If an organism only lives in one small geographic area is considered what?

• Extant

• Extinct

• Endemic

• Pandemic