Exam 9 Review-Taxonomy

Which of the following characteristics is NOT shared by organisms of both kingdom Plantae and kingdom Fungi?

• non-mobile

• cell walls present

• autotrophic

• eukaryotic

How do bacteria and archaea differ?

• only archaea cells are aerobic

• bacteria cells do not have a cell wall

• there are differences in the cell walls

• archaea cells have a nucleus

What is a major difference between plant and animal cells?

• plant cells are endothermic and animal cells are exothermic

• plant cells are heterotrophs and animal cells are autotrophs

• plant cells have cell walls and animal cells do not

• plant cells are prokaryotic and animal cells are eukaryotic

What factors do the Kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia have in common?

• they are all photosynthetic organisms

• they are all eukaryotes

• they are all prokaryotes

• they are all multicellular organisms

When new information regarding the structure, metabolism, and DNA of organisms is found, it could cause taxonomists to change the system of classification.

• true

• false

Two organisms which share a class are more closely related than two organisms which share a phylum.

• true

• false

Two organisms within the same genus can be organized into several related-

• kingdoms

• phyla

• orders

• species

Taxonomy is the branch of science that identifies and categorizes organisms.

• true

• false

The Linnaean taxonomic system classifies organisms into divisions called taxa. If two organisms belong to the same taxonomic group, they are related. The closet relationship between two organisms would begin at what level?

• kingdom

• order

• class

• genus

By having a universal naming system for organisms, the same organism name can be recognized in all countries, thus avoiding translation issues.

• true

• false