Biology Vocabulary Study Guide

What is the term for the two-part scientific naming system used to identify species?

• Cladistics

• Binomial nomenclature

• Taxonomy

• Phylogeny

Which taxonomic rank comes directly above genus?

• Family

• Order

• Class

• Kingdom

Which group includes all eukaryotic organisms that are not animals, plants, or fungi?

• Protists

• Archea

• Bacteria

• Division

What is the highest taxonomic rank in the modern classification system?

• Kingdom

• Domain

• Phylum

• Order

Which term refers to the evolutionary history of a species or group of species?

• Phylogeny

• Taxonomy

• Cladogram

• Character

Which of the following is a method used to group organisms based on common ancestry?

• Cladistics

• Molecular clock

• Division

• Order

What is the main purpose of taxonomy in biology?

• To study the molecular clock

• To classify and name organisms

• To measure evolutionary time

• To create cladograms

Which taxonomic rank is used instead of phylum in the classification of plants?

• Division

• Class

• Family

• Order

Which of the following is NOT a eukaryote?

• Fungi

• Protists

• Archea

• Plants

What does a cladogram show?

• The evolutionary relationships among species

• The number of chromosomes in a species

• The molecular clock rate

• The taxonomic rank of organisms