Glencoe Biology

Section 1: The History of Classification

Self-Check Quizzes

1.
All organisms are grouped into ____ which range in specificity of criteria.
A)taxa
B)bio categories
C)twenty kingdoms
D)two main genera
2.
What is the second name in binomial nomenclature?
A)genus
B)epithet
C)phylum
D)kingdom
3.
What does this indicate regarding the classification of American and Asiatic black bears?

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A)They are different species but have no domain classification.
B)They are a different species and different class.
C)They are the same species but different phylum.
D)They are different species but the same class.
4.
Which of these was a feature of Aristotle's classification system?
A)emphasized evolutionary changes
B)divided organisms into plant an animal
C)borrowed from Darwin's theories
D)accounted for evolutionary relationships
5.
What is the broadest of all the taxa categories?
A)phylum
B)kingdom
C)domain
D)order
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