Classification and Phylogeny Review

The three Domains are:

• Plant, Animal, Bacteria
• Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
• Fungi, Animal, Plant
• Invertebrates, Vertebrates, Plants

Phylogeny is:

• Analysis of the evolutionary or ancestral relationships among taxa
• Classifying animals by structure
• Analyzing mutations in organisms
• Determining when animals evolved

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The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name
• genus and species name
• domain and kingdom name
• kingdom and phylum name

Phylogeny is...

• The study of classification of different species

• The study of the evolutionary history of a species

• The study of prehistoric life

• The study of the distribution of different species

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Both butterflies and bats have the ability to fly due to wing development. How would you describe the evolutionary relationship of the animal's wings?

• polytomy

• homoplasies

• analogous

• vestigial

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Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?

• organisms that share a domain
• organisms that share a family 
• organisms that share a genus 
• organisms that share a species 

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The 8 levels of classification, from most broad to most specific.

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

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

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

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

Cells that do not have a true nucleus are called....

• eukaryote
• prokaryote
• unicellular
• multicellular

Which organisms are most closely related?

• Equus caballas (Horse) & Equus burchellii (Zebra)
• Cyanea artica (Jellyfish) &
  Ctenodiscus crispatus (Mud Starfish)
• Naja naja (cobra) & Glycine max (soya bean)
• Ophiocomina nigra (black brittle star) & Brassica nigra (black mustard)

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Which organisms pictured on the cladogram have hair?

• prosimians only
• prosimians and humans
• humans only
• prosimians and birds