Taxonomy and Evolutionary Diagrams

Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?

• organisms that share a kingdom

• organisms that share a family 

• organisms that share a genus 

• organisms that share a species 

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

The 8 levels of classification, 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

Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:

• dichotmous key
• binomial nomenclature
• 2 scientific names
• binomial key

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)

Which organisms pictured on the cladogram have hair?

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

Which organism in the table is least closely related to the chimpanzee?

• human
• grey wolf
• tiger snake
• monarch butterfly

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

• Class Insecta
• Order Amblygygi
• Order Araneae
• Order Scorpiones

Similar classes are grouped into the same

• kingdom, phylum, genus

• kingdom, phylum

• Genus, species

• family only

The Endosymbiotic Theory explains

• the origin of prokaryotes

• how bacteria lives

• the origin of eukaryotes

• how species develop