Taxonomy quiz

Organisms are classified today using the Linnaean system. Taxonomic classification is important because it provides marine biologists with a way to ...

• prove that marine evolution occurred.

• discover and name every marine organism on Earth.

• designate Latin as the universal language of marine biology.

• identify marine organisms and find evolutionary relationships between them.

Why would scientists want to use a taxonomic system that is standardized?

• In order to avoid confusion with the identification of organisms.

• Because Linnaeus established a system.

• So that Latin names can be applied for a practical purpose.

• In order to place organisms in different groups.

The Linnaean taxonomic system classifies organisms into divisions called taxa. If two organisms belong to the same taxonomic group, they are related. Similarity at which of these levels indicates the closest relationship?

• Kingdom

• Class

• Order

• Genus

Simple leaves have a single leaf on a petiole, or stem, while compound leaves have more than one leaflet on a petiole. This unknown leaf can be identified using the dichotomous key. Which tree does the unknown leaf come from?

• Ungnadia speciosa

• Sophora secundiflora

• Salix nigra

• Quercus laceyi

The classifications of four trees is shown in the table. Which two trees are the most closely related>

• Taiwan beech and Taiwan catkin yew

• Taiwan catkin yew and lodgepole pine

• Lodgepole pine and Japanese maple

• Japanese maple and Taiwan beech

A cladogram is pictured here. All the animals to the right of the hagfish would have the common characteristic of...

• fur

• claws or nails

• lungs

• jaws

I have cell walls
I am an autotroph
I am multicellular
What am I?

• Plant
• Animal
• Eubacteria
• Unicorn

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

I have no cell walls
I am eukaryotic
I reproduce sexually
I am multicellular
What kingdom do I belong to?

• Plantae
• Animalia
• Protista
• Fungi

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

I am unicellular
I am prokaryotic
I am found in extreme ecosystems
What kingdom do I belong to?

• The Candy Kingdom
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia
• Kingdom Archaebacteria

I can be either a heterotroph or an autotroph-
I can be either multicellular or unicellular-
I can have cell walls or not-
The only thing for sure about me is that I have a nucleus in my cells...
I am Kingdom ____________ .

• Plantae
• Protista
• Animalia
• of Oz

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5