Evolution and Classification Review

What are the three Domains?

• Bacteria, Protista, Fungi

• Archea, Bacteria, Eukarya

• Fungi, Archea, Eukarya

• Bacteria, Fungi, Protista

Organisms in the plant kingdom are unique because....

• they are unicellular.

• they lack a nucleus.

• they lack a cell wall.

• they produce their own food.

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Scientists classify organisms by....

• giving each several kingdom names.

• placing them in groups with organisms with similar characteristics.

• the type of brain the organism has.

• determining if the organism is helpful or hurtful.

Archeabacteria and Eubacteria are the only living things that do not have...

• a nucleus.

• a cell wall.

• cytoplasm.

• flagella.

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Which scientists created the binomial nomenclature system of classification?

• Watson

• Darwin

• Linneaus

• van Leeuwenhoek

The monarch butterfly's scientific name is Danaus plexippus. What part of this name is the species name?

• Danaus

• monarch

• plexippus

• butterfly

A male lion and a female tiger breed in captivity produce a liger. However, a lion and a tiger are considered separate species because...

• The liger offspring cannot reproduce.

• The tiger's fur pattern is different from the lion's.

• They are not classified as Kingdom Animalia.

• They naturally created the liger offspring.

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Many animals share homologous structures. Choose all of the statements considered true about these homologous structures and evolution.

• Organisms with homologous structures probably evolved from common ancestors.

• The similarity of structures suggests birds, porpoises, and horses evolved from humans.

• The porpoise has the same basic forearm structure as a horse.

• The structures suggest organisms are related in some way.

• Mutations over time caused these structures to become similar.

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Which is NOT evidence of evolution?

• Similar DNA

• Homologous Structures

• Intelligence

• Fossils

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This scientist traveled on the HMS Beagle to the Galapagos Islands and proposed the theory of Natural Selection.

• Linnaeus

• Mendel

• Hooke

• Darwin

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