Taxonomy & Ecology

Which of the following group would represent prokaryotes living in extreme environments?

• Bacteria

• Archaea

• Eukarya

• Protista

Which of the following groups would represent a multicellular, non-motile autotroph?

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Eubacteria

Which of the following groups would represent organisms that are eukaryotic and mostly multicellular?

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Eukarya

• None of the above

Which of the following groups would represent organisms that are prokaryotic, unicellular and involved in decomposition or disease?

• Archaebacteria

• Eukarya

• Protista

• Eubacteria

Which of the following groups would represent organisms that are multicellular, motile heterotrophs?

• Protista

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Bacteria

Which of the following groups would represent organisms that are multicellular, NON-motile heterotrophs?

• Protista

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Animalia

The orderly arrangement of organisms into groups is called __.

• systemic grouping

• cladograms

• hierarchy

• classification

___ is the branch of science involved in describing, naming, and classifying organisms.

• classification

• taxonomy

• cladistics

• hierarchy

____ show evolutionary relationships among organisms.

• pyramids

• dichotomous keys

• cladograms

• food chains

___ are often used as field guides to identify organisms; they consist of two differing statements per set.

• linkage maps

• taxon groups

• cladograms

• dichotomous keys