Units 1 & 2 Test Review

Approximately how many species have been discovered on Earth?

• 180,000
• 1.7 million
• 8.7 million
• 1.6 billion
• 2.7 billion

How many species of living things do we estimate exist on Earth

• 180,000
• 1.7 million
• 8.7 million
• 1.6 billion
• 2.7 billion

When you taxonomize a living thing, what two things do you do with it?

• Test its DNA; determine its age
• Dissect it; determine its anatomy and physiology
• Group it; place it on a cladogram
• Name it; classify it

Who is known as the “Father of Taxonomy?”

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin
• Plato
• Aristotle

Who was the first person to attempt to classify living organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin
• Plato
• Aristotle

Who taxonomized animals into 5 levels of groups, starting with kingdom and ending with species?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin
• Plato
• Aristotle

Who taxonomized animals into the groups plants and animals, further classifying animals into two smaller groups based upon the presence of blood?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin
• Plato
• Aristotle

Which would have been an example of a bloodless animal?

• Birds
• Reptiles
• Insects
• Amphibians
• Mammals

Who developed binomial nomenclature?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin
• Plato
• Aristotle

What is a taxon?

• A level of classification within our current taxonomy system
• A specific type of organism
• The first part of an organism’s scientific name
• An adaptation that organisms have that provides them with an advantage in their environment