Classification Terms part 2

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Automatic response such as coughing or sneezing

• reflex

• stimulus

• instinct

• insight

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Changes in an organisms environment that cause a response

• Tropism
• Hormone
• Stimuli
• Response

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What is the internal state of balance called?

• Stimulus
• Response
• Homeostasis
• Homozygous

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Which of the following is an organism's reaction to a change in it's surrondings?

• Response

• Development

• Distraction

• Stimulus

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This plant is growing towards the light, this is an example of ___________.

• phototropism

• thigmotropism

• gravitropism

• hydrotropism

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Are roots a part of the vascular system?

• Yes

• No

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The plant tissue that carries food DOWNWARD from the leaves to the rest of the pant is the ______.

• Phloem
• Stomata
• Chlorophyll
• Xylem

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Specific type of plant tissue that transports water and minerals from the roots, through the stems, to leaves

• vascular plant

• nonvascular plant

• xylem

• phloem

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phloem is 

• a vascular tissue that carries water and nutrients from the roots up to the stem and leaves.
• a vascular tissue that carries food from leaves to the the roots.
• another name for leaf.

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Xylem is 

• another name for roots
• is a vascular tissue that carries water and minerals from the root up to the plants.
• carries food from the leaves to the root.

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A clade contains

• all organisms with similar appearances.

• organisms living within the same ecosystem.

• an ancestral species and all the organisms that came before it.

• an ancestral species and all its descendants.

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The goal of modern classification is to....

• understand the relationships among certain living organisms

• understand the relationships among all living things on Earth

• understand the similarities and differences of organisms

• understanding the similarities of biogeographical habitats

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A branch of a cladogram that consists of a single common ancestor and all of its descendants is called

• cladistics

• a clade

• a kingdom

• a class

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If two species have similar DNA sequences but different observable characteristics,

• they are not closely related.

• scientists need to re-examine the DNA evidence.

• the species are more closely related than their appearances imply.

• they could not have shared a recent common ancestor.

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A diagram that shows evolutionary relationships among species is called a

• cladogram

• derived characters

• monophyletic

• phylogeny

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A group of species of species that includes a single common ancestor and all of descendants

• clade

• taxa

• monophyletic group

• phylogenetic group

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Which of the following groups shares the most recent common ancestor?

• Mosses and ferns

• cone-bearing plants and ferns

• cone-bearing plants and flowering plants

• Mosses and flowering plants

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Which derived character appeared first during the course of the plants' evolution

• embryo

• vascular tissue

• seeds

• flowers

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If species A and B have very similar genes, which of the following statements is probably true?

• Species A and B shared a relatively recent common ancestor

• Species A evolved independently of species B for a long period

• Species B is older than species A

• Species A is older than species B

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A trait that arose in the most recent common ancestor of a group and was passed on to its descendants

• clade

• cladogram

• derived characters

• node

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Phylogeny is...

• The study of classification of different species

• The study of the evolutionary history of a species

• The study of prehistoric life

• The study of the distribution of different species

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Which of the following is NOT a domain of life?

• Prokarya

• Eukarya

• Eubacteria

• Archaebacteria

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Which level of biological classification is the MOST specific?

• Phylum

• Kingdom

• Order

• Species

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Which level of biological classification is the LEAST specific?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Genus

• Family

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The field of biology that classifies organisms is called...

• Taxonomy

• Phylogeny

• Paleontology

• Embryology

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A specific trait that is used to construct a cladogram is called a...

• derived character

• clade

• structural feature

• taxon