Module 16 Quiz

The first widely accepted system of animal classification was created by _____?

• Lamarck

• Darwin

• Aristotle

• Mendel

Linnaeus used morphology and ______ for his system of classification.

• anatomical structures

• chemical analysis

• embryonic comparisons

• behavior

Which of the following are not names for both domains and kingdoms?

• Bacteria

• Archaea

• Eukarya

Binomial nomenclature allows us to name organisms based on the following two classification levels:

• Domain and Kingdom

• Class and Family

• Phylum and Class

• Genus and Species

Modern classification is based largely on the amount of time since organisms have split from a common ancestor.

• True

• False

Phylogeny relies on a _______ clock to determine the rate and timing of evolutionary change.

Phylogeny refers to:

• Classification based on behavior

• Classification based on evolutionary history

• Classification based on structural analysis

• Classification based on chemical analysis

Classifying organisms based on the order they diverged (split) from a common ancestor is called cladistics.

• True

• False

Kelp belongs to which of the following kingdoms?

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Fungi

• Protista

An autotroph most likely belongs to the Kingdom ________.