Holland Year in Review

Which of the theses categories of classification contains organisms that are the   most alike

• class
• family
• genus
• order

Which of the following has the greatest number of different kinds of organisms?

• class
• family
• order
• species

A family includes closely related

• classes

• genuses

• orders

• phylums

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Which is an advantage of using the binomial system?

• one animal can have many names 
• all names are in English
• an organism's name is the same all over the world          
• the name changes from year to year

Without knowing the common names of  Poa pratensis, Poa annua, and Poa   autumnalis you know these organisms are in the same

• class
• family
• genus
• species

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The scientific name of an animal is formed from its

• class and phylum
• phylum and kingdom
• class and order
• genus and species

Scientific names are written in Latin because       

• it is the easiest language to learn    
• it is the international language of science
• most common names are in Latin
• the first taxonomist was from Latin America

One advantage of binomial nomenclature is that different species with the same common name are assigned

• different scientific names

• identical scientific names

• new common names

• separate taxonomic levels

Human is to the kingdom Animalia as mushroom is to the kingdom ______________.

• eubacteria

• fungi
• plant

• protist

An example of a vestigial structure in humans would be the

• Adam's Apple
• medulla oblogata
• appendix
• scapula

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