Thursday STAAR Review

The diagram shows light- and dark-colored beetles that live on a tree. Which result is most likely to occur to the beetle population due to predation over time?

• The number of light-colored beetles in the population will increase.

• There will be more dark-colored beetles than light-colored beetles.

• The number of light-colored beetles will decrease.

• The dark-colored beetles will move to a different type of tree.

A cladogram is shown below.
All the animals to the right of the hagfish would have the common characteristic of -

• Fur
• claws or nails
• lungs
• jaws

The 8 levels of classification, broadest 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

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

This organism is multicellular, heterotroph, that has a cell wall made of chitin.  What kingdom does it belong in?

• fungi
• plantae
• animalia
• eubacteria

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures

• Needle-like straight leaves that are mostly over 25cm long and found in clusters of three; no thorns on cones

• Flattened and scale-like leaves that are mostly over 25cm long; soft and leathery cones

• Needle-like straight leaves with a length of 25cm that are mostly found in clusters of 5; thorny cone

• Leaves with a length of 25cm that are found in clusters of more than 5; no thorns on cones

• Anthropoda

• Annelida

• Mollusca

• Platyhelminthes