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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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11 | | Most fungi are |
| | A) | unicellular saprophytes. |
| | B) | multicellular saprophytes. |
| | C) | unicellular parasites. |
| | D) | multicellular parasites. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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16 | | Which of the following scientific names is written correctly? |
| | A) | Micropterus Salmoides |
| | B) | Treponema pallidum |
| | C) | Nymphaea odorata |
| | D) | salmo Trutta |
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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 |
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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. |
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19 | | Which of the following does not belong to a species? |
| | A) | fungi |
| | B) | marine red algae |
| | C) | viruses |
| | D) | larva |
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20 | | The single-cell Fungi are commonly called |
| | A) | algae. |
| | B) | molds. |
| | C) | protozoa. |
| | D) | yeast. |
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21 | | Which of the following Kingdoms contain members that are autotrophs? |
| | A) | Fungi |
| | B) | Animalia |
| | C) | viruses |
| | D) | Protista |
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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 |
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23 | | A methanogen is a member of which group? |
| | A) | Protista |
| | B) | Fungi |
| | C) | Bacteria |
| | D) | Archaea |
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24 | | Of the following, two organisms which belong to the same ________ are most closely related. |
| | A) | family |
| | B) | order |
| | C) | class |
| | D) | kingdom |
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25 | | Alternation of generations is a characteristic of |
| | A) | Archaea. |
| | B) | Protista. |
| | C) | Fungi. |
| | D) | Plantae. |
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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. |
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27 | | An organism that is multicellular, eukaryotic, and heterotrophic is a(n) |
| | A) | plant. |
| | B) | animal. |
| | C) | protist. |
| | D) | animal or fungus. |
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28 | | Organisms that obtain energy from the decomposition of other organisms are |
| | A) | saprophytes. |
| | B) | gametophytes. |
| | C) | sporophytes. |
| | D) | obligate intracellular parasites. |
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29 | | Most Plantae are |
| | A) | cone-bearing plants. |
| | B) | ferns. |
| | C) | flowering plants. |
| | D) | mosses. |
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30 | | Algae, amoeba, and paramecia belong to the kingdom |
| | A) | Fungi. |
| | B) | Eukarya. |
| | C) | Protista. |
| | D) | Animalia. |
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31 | | Viruses are composed of |
| | A) | prokaryotic cells. |
| | B) | eukaryotic cells. |
| | C) | protein and nucleic acid. |
| | D) | membranous organelles. |
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