BIO 101 Chapter 19

The branch of biology that is concerned with identifying, naming and classifying organisms is called _____.

• taxidermy

• ecology

• systematics

• taxonomy

The binomial system of naming species was developed by _____.

• Mendel

• Linnaeus

• Darwin

• Watson and Crick

The evolutionary history of a group of organisms is a:

• Taxon

• Specific epithet

• Derived trait

• Phylogeny

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To identify species by comparing a short fragment of DNA sequence from an unknown organism to a large database of sequences from known organisms is specifically known as:

• DNA barcoding

• systematics

• parsimony

• transformation

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All of the following statements about cladistics are true EXCEPT:

• Cladistics uses shared, derived traits to develop cladograms.

• In cladistics, hypotheses are developed about the evolutionary history of organisms.

• A cladogram is a definitive, unchanging representation of the evolutionary history of organisms.

Which of the following is a kingdom of multicellular, photosynthetic organisms in the Domain Eukarya?

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Archaea

• Fungi

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The sequencing of _____ suggests that all organisms evolved from a common ancestor along three distinct lineages.

• mitochondrial DNA

• rRNA

• cytochrome C

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Traditionally, Domain Eukarya contains _____ kingdoms.

• one

• two

• three

• four

All organisms in Domain Eukarya have cells with _____.

• a cell wall

• a nucleus

• chloroplasts

• centrioles

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Organisms in Domain Eukarya that form spores and have cell walls containing chitin are classified as

• plants

• animals

• fungi

• protists