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The first person to classify animals in a way that still makes sense today was… |
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| | A) | Linnaeus |
| | B) | Haeckel |
| | C) | Aristotle |
| | D) | Hennig |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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The broadest category in the system of classification, below kingdom, is the phylum. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In the Linnaean system of scientific nomenclature, a single species is identified by a binomial, which consists of the following: |
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| | A) | Phylum and class |
| | B) | Class and order |
| | C) | Family and genus |
| | D) | Genus and species |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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4 | |
The largest group or taxa is the… |
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| | A) | Kingdom |
| | B) | Family |
| | C) | Order |
| | D) | Genus |
| | E) | Species |
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5 | |
The branches of a cladogram represent real lineages that occurred in the evolutionary past. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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6 | |
In Lake Baikal, there exists the world’s only freshwater seal. It lives nowhere else. This is an example of… |
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| | A) | An endemic species |
| | B) | A homologous species |
| | C) | A cosmopolitan species |
| | D) | A phylogenetic species |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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The species concept includes all of the following ideas, with the exception of… |
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| | A) | Reproductive community |
| | B) | Smallest distinct grouping |
| | C) | Common evolutionary descent and gene pool |
| | D) | Geographic range |
| | E) | All of the above are correct |
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8 | |
Two different monophyletic groups that share common ancestry with each other more recently than either does with other taxa are known as… |
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| | A) | Symplesiomorphies |
| | B) | Synapomorphies |
| | C) | Subspecies |
| | D) | Sister groups |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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9 | |
A polytypic species contains one subspecies whose subspecific name is a repetition of the species epithet and one or more additional subspecies whose names differ. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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10 | |
For sexually reproducing populations, interbreeding is critical for maintaining a reproductive community. For organisms whose reproduction is strictly asexual, reproductive community entails occupation of a particular evolutionary niche. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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11 | |
The biological species concept has several problems, one of them being the emphasis on interbreeding as the criterion of reproductive community. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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12 | |
Phylogenetic analysis depends upon finding among organisms, shared features that are inherited from a common ancestor. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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13 | |
The examination of the varying shapes and sizes of organisms, including their developmental origins is… |
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| | A) | Phylogenetic morphology |
| | B) | Comparative cytology |
| | C) | Analytical anatomy |
| | D) | Comparative morphology |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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14 | |
Birds and butterflies both have wings. However, they do not share a recent, common ancestor. Therefore the possession of wings in this case is called… |
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| | A) | Homology |
| | B) | Homoplasy |
| | C) | Polarity |
| | D) | Ancestry |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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15 | |
Comparative biochemistry compares the sequences of amino acids in proteins as well as… |
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| | A) | Triglycerides sequences |
| | B) | Nucleotide sequences |
| | C) | Carbohydrate chains |
| | D) | Ribosomes |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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Phylogenetic systematics was first proposed by… |
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| | A) | Linnaeus |
| | B) | Aristotle |
| | C) | Hennig |
| | D) | Ray |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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A taxon is considered to be monophyletic if it includes the most recent common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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18 | |
The hierarchical rankings within the Eukarya are as follows: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, and Species. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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19 | |
From a cladistic perspective, the term reptile would NOT include both lizards and birds. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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20 | |
An ancestral character shared by members of a clade is called a symplesiomorphy. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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21 | |
The phylogenetic species concept includes sexually and asexually reproducing organisms and includes polyphyletic groups. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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22 | |
An alternative to Linnean taxonomy is called |
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| | A) | Phylogeny |
| | B) | PhyloCode |
| | C) | Cladophen |
| | D) | Codophile |
| | E) | None of the above is correct |
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23 | |
Molecular phylogenetic results place four phyla classified as deuterostomes in the Protostomia, with two major monophyletic groups called the Ecdysozoa and Lophotrochozoa. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |