Classification and Taxonomy

Which of the following sets of animals would be the MOST closely related?

• animals in the same order

• animals in the same genus

• animals in the same class

• animals in the same family

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Which of the following sets of insects would be the most closely related?

• insects in the same class

• insects in the same family

• insects in teh same order

• insects in the same species

Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain plants with the greatest amount of variety and differences?

• kingdom

• phylum

• order

• family

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Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain the most related set of animals?

• domain

• species

• family

• order

Taxonomy is best defined as the science of -

• describing the regulation of genes

• studying microscopic lifeforms

• deloping new species via genetic engineering

• classifying organisms based on characteristics

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The American lobster (Homarus americanus) is most closely related to which of the following organisms?

• Cape lobster (Homarinus capensis)

• Common lobster (Homarus gammarus)

• Patagonian lobsterette (Thymops birsteini)

• Scarlett clawed lobster (Nephropsis atlantica)

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Black panthers (Panthera onca) are a color variant of a species of large cats. Black panthers would be most closely related to what organism listed below?

• Tiger (Panthera tigris)

• Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

• Puma (Puma concolor)

• Jaguar (Panthera onca)

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The desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is a species of insect that has been known to destroy the crops of farmers in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Which insect below is most related to the desert locust?

• Brown locust (Locustana pardalina)

• Desert orangetip (Anthocharis cethura)

• American grasshopper (Schistocerca americana)

• Red locust (Nomadracis septemfasciata)

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Which of the following pairs of organisms from the table would be the most closely related?

• desert iguana and box turtle

• chuckwalla and Bush anole

• Box turtle and Bush anole

• Desert iguana and Chuchwalla

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Use the dichotomous key to determine what arthropod belongs to the Class Chilopoda.

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