Animal Characteristics, Taxonomy and Cladistics

Which of the following is NOT true regarding Carolus Linnaeus?

• He was the first person to attempt to scientifically classify organisms.
• The "father" of modern day taxonomy.
• Developed a classification system still used by scientists today.
• He created the binomial nomenclature naming method.

The image shows scientific names written using the two-name naming rules of...

• Binomial Nomenclature
• Phylogeny
• Cladistic naming
• Morphology

Which of the following is NOT a rule of binomial nomenclature?

• Entire name should be written in capital letters.
• First name is genus, second name is species.
• Must be italicized or underlined.
• First name is capitalized, second name is lowercase.

What is the correct sequence of taxonomic classification, from largest to smallest?

• Domain - Kingdom - Phylum - Class- Order - Family - Genus - Species
• Species - Genus - Family - Order - Class - Phylum - Kingdom - Domain
• Domain - Genus - Kingdom - Species - Family - Class - Phylum - Order
• Species - Class - Family - Order - Phylum - Kingdom - Genus - Domain

According to the image, the dog is MOST CLOSELY related to which organism?

• Wolf
• Plant
• Cat
• Insect

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

If two organisms belong to the same Phylum, they must also belong to the same...

• Kingdom
• Order
• Genus
• Family

What is phylogeny?

• a type of ancient bacteria

• something scientists no longer use today

• discovery of new species

• evolutionary history

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Cladistics show evolutionary relationships in a diagram called a __________.

• cladagram

• graph

• family tree

• c-map

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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In a cladogram, derived traits are the oldest, while ancestral traits evolved later.

• True

• False

What trait separates sharks from ray-finned fish?

• Vertebrae
• Bony skeleton
• Four limbs
• None

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