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1
Which of the following statements is/are true about classification?
A)Each country has its own classification system for organisms.
B)Carolus Lineaus developed the binomial (two-name) system of classification.
C)The language of our present taxonomic system is Greek.
D)All of the above.
2
Which of the following is the correct way to write the genus and epithet (species) name of the coyote?
A)Canis latrans
B)canis latrans
C)

Canis latrans or Canis latrans

D)Canis Latrans or Canis Latrans
3
When classifying an organism, it is important to remember that
A)order is more general than family.
B)family is more general than class.
C)phylum is a subcategory of genus.
D)All of the above.
4
Which of the following statements about phylogeny is/are true?
A)Phylogeny is based primarily on the evolutionary relationships between organisms.
B)There is no complete agreement on how all organisms should be classified.
C)Fossil and molecular evidence are both used in both phylogeny and taxonomy.
D)All of the above.
5
Which of the following could be classified as a fossil?
A)preserved organism
B)footprint of an organism
C)petrified cast of an organism
D)All of the above.
6
Fundamental reasons that developmental biology is important to taxonomists and phylogenists include the fact that
A)larval stages often resemble each other, even if adult stages do not.
B)the seeds of all plants are the same.
C)DNA analysis may reveal previously unsuspected links between organisms.
D)All of the above.
7
When studying a basic phylogenetic tree of life it is clear that
A)fungi evolved from plants.
B)bacteria developed from slime molds.
C)mollusks are more closely related to fish than to segmented worms.
D)birds are more closely related to amphibians than to insects.
8
Characteristics common to Bacteria and Archaea include
A)saprophytic nature.
B)no true nucleus.
C)ability to cause disease.
D)All of the above.
9
Which of the following statements about the kingdom Protista is/are true?
A)Most are single celled; some are colonial.
B)The members are metabolically, reproductively, and morphologically diverse.
C)They probably evolved from the prokaryotes.
D)All of the above.
10
Which of the following statements about eukaryotic evolution is/are true?
A)The ancestors of both plants and fungi are green algae.
B)The protists probably gave rise to the Archaea.
C)Endosymbiosis was important in the origin and later evolution of eukaryotic organisms.
D)All of the above.
11
Most fungi are
A)unicellular saprophytes.
B)multicellular saprophytes.
C)unicellular parasites.
D)multicellular parasites.
12
Which of the following statements about kingdom Plantae is/are true?
A)Plants probably evolved from the green algae.
B)All cells have a cellulose cell wall.
C)Plants have a life cycle that shows alternation of generations.
D)All of the above.
13
When discussing the kingdom Animalia, it is important to remember that
A)all animals are heterotrophs that can move.
B)animals probably originated from non-motile protists.
C)most animals are heterotrophs, but some are autotrophs.
D)All of the above.
14
When discussing viruses, it is important to remember that
A)viruses are obligate intracellular parasites.
B)viruses are typically host specific.
C)one hypothesis of viral origin states that viruses are runaway genes that escaped from a host cell and must return to a host cell to replicate.
D)All of the above.
15
Which of the following statements about viral structure is/are true?
A)Viral genes consist of either DNA or RNA.
B)Viral genes do not take over the host's metabolic pathways.
C)Viruses use flagella to move from place to place.
D)All of the above.
16
Which of the following scientific names is written correctly?
A)Micropterus Salmoides
B)Treponema pallidum
C)Nymphaea odorata
D)salmo Trutta
17
Which is the proper sequence of taxa?
A)kingdom, phylum, class, order, family
B)phylum, kingdom, family, order, class
C)phylum, class, order, family, species
D)kingdom, phylum, family, class, order
18
Which is commonly used as sources of information when developing a phylogeny?
A)fossil evidence
B)biochemical information
C)DNA analysis
D)All the above are used.
19
Which of the following does not belong to a species?
A)fungi
B)marine red algae
C)viruses
D)larva
20
The single-cell Fungi are commonly called
A)algae.
B)molds.
C)protozoa.
D)yeast.
21
Which of the following Kingdoms contain members that are autotrophs?
A)Fungi
B)Animalia
C)viruses
D)Protista
22
Which of the following is descriptive of the Domain Archaea?
A)lacks DNA
B)lacks a cell wall
C)lacks a nucleus
D)lacks metabolism
23
A methanogen is a member of which group?
A)Protista
B)Fungi
C)Bacteria
D)Archaea
24
Of the following, two organisms which belong to the same ________ are most closely related.
A)family
B)order
C)class
D)kingdom
25
Alternation of generations is a characteristic of
A)Archaea.
B)Protista.
C)Fungi.
D)Plantae.
26
Viruses
A)can be free-living or parasitic.
B)belong to the Domain Bacteria.
C)can only function and reproduce inside a host.
D)All of the above.
27
An organism that is multicellular, eukaryotic, and heterotrophic is a(n)
A)plant.
B)animal.
C)protist.
D)animal or fungus.
28
Organisms that obtain energy from the decomposition of other organisms are
A)saprophytes.
B)gametophytes.
C)sporophytes.
D)obligate intracellular parasites.
29
Most Plantae are
A)cone-bearing plants.
B)ferns.
C)flowering plants.
D)mosses.
30
Algae, amoeba, and paramecia belong to the kingdom
A)Fungi.
B)Eukarya.
C)Protista.
D)Animalia.
31
Viruses are composed of
A)prokaryotic cells.
B)eukaryotic cells.
C)protein and nucleic acid.
D)membranous organelles.





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