SB4 Classification, Taxonomy Review

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Use the phylogenetic tree.  Which hypothetical organism is the most recent ancestor for Organisms A and G?

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What can a classification system show about an organism? Options: absolute age of an organism, what an organism is made of, its relationship to other organisms, which organisms are the strongest

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its relationship to other organisms

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Which domain includes all multicellular plants and animals? Options: Archaea, Eukarya, Eubacteria, Protista

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Eukarya

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Panthera leo, the scientific name for a lion, is a member of which species?

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leo

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Which taxonomic category is highest? Options: class, genus, order, domain

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domain

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An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?

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genus and species

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Canis lupus, the scientific name for a wolf, is in which genus?

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Canis

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What role did Linnaeus play in classification of organisms?

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He started naming organisms using binomial nomenclature.

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Which two organisms would probably be least closely related? Options: two organisms from the same kingdom, two organisms from the same order, two organisms from the same family, two organisms from the same genus

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two organisms from the same kingdom

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Which characteristics would a taxonomist use to classify organisms as Archaebacteria or as Eubacteria? Options: the internal organization of the cell, the number of cells in an individual, the chemical composition of the cell wall, the nutritional requirements of the organism

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the chemical composition of the cell wall