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Quiz - Phylogenetic Trees and Taxonomy

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 2hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the answer choice that best describes the evolutionary history of a species or group of related species? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Phylogeny

b)

Taxonomy

c)

Linnaean Classification

d)

Genomics

e)

Genetics

2.

What is the answer choice that best describes the scientific discipline concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Phylogeny

b)

Taxonomy

c)

Linnaean Classification

d)

Genomics

e)

Genetics

3.

What taxonomic category that is the broadest that identifies divisions that include Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

Phylum

d)

Genus

e)

Species

4.

What taxonomic category is the second broadest and has divisions that cover each of the following -- Plants, Animals, Fungi and Protists? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

Phylum

d)

Genus

e)

Species

5.

What answer choice best identifies the taxonomic level that is the first word of a species' two-part scientific name? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

Phylum

d)

Genus

e)

Species

6.

What taxonomic category above Class includes names like Porifera, Cnidaria and Platyhelminthes? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

Phylum

d)

Genus

e)

Species

7.

What answer choice best describes the lowest level in Linnaean Classification and is the second part of the two-part scientific name for an organism? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

Phylum

d)

Genus

e)

Species

8.

What answer choice best describes the two-part scientific name of an organism? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Binomial

b)

Taxon

c)

Phylogenetic Tree

d)

Basal Taxon

9.

What answer choice best describes a named taxonomic unit at any given level of classification? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Binomial

b)

Taxon

c)

Phylogenetic Tree

d)

Basal Taxon

10.

What answer choice best describes a branching diagram that represents a hypothesis about the evolutionary history of a group of organisms? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Binomial

b)

Taxon

c)

Phylogenetic Tree

d)

Basal Taxon

11.

What answer choice best points to a specified group of organisms, a taxon whose evolutionary lineage diverged early in the history of the group? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Binomial

b)

Taxon

c)

Phylogenetic Tree

d)

Basal Taxon

12.

What answer selection best describes the phylogenetic tree that flows diagonally from left to right? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Tree A

b)

Tree B

c)

Tree C

13.

What answer selection best describes the phylogenetic tree that can start at the top or the bottom and work vertically? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Tree A

b)

Tree B

c)

Tree C

14.

What answer selection best describes the phylogenetic tree that usually start from left and moves right (or vice versa) and branches out horizontally? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny I)

a)

Tree A

b)

Tree B

c)

Tree C

15.

Using the image, what letter best represents sister taxa? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

Letter A

b)

Letter B

c)

Letter C

d)

Letter D

e)

Letter E

16.

Using the image, what letter best represents the areas on the phylogenetic tree that can be rotated? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

Letter A

b)

Letter B

c)

Letter C

d)

Letter D

e)

Letter E

17.

Using the image, what letter best represents the basal taxon? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

Letter A

b)

Letter B

c)

Letter C

d)

Letter D

e)

Letter E

18.

Using the image, what letter best represents the common ancestor of all the groups shown in the tree? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

Letter A

b)

Letter B

c)

Letter C

d)

Letter D

e)

Letter E

19.

What term best describes the structural relationship seen on the image? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

homology

b)

analogy

c)

homozygous

d)

heterozygous

e)

recessive

20.

What term best describes the structural relationship seen on the image? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

homology

b)

analogy

c)

homozygous

d)

heterozygous

e)

recessive

21.

What answer selection best describes the approach in which organisms are placed into groups called clades based primarily on common descent? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

cladistics

b)

cladogram

c)

nodes

d)

clades

e)

taxa

22.

What answer selection is another word for phylogenetic tree that proposes how a species may be related to each other through common ancestors? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

cladistics

b)

cladogram

c)

nodes

d)

clades

e)

taxa

23.

What answer selection best describes an intersection of two branches? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

cladistics

b)

cladogram

c)

nodes

d)

clades

e)

taxa

24.

What answer selection best describes a group of species that includes an ancestral species and all of its descendants? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

cladistics

b)

cladogram

c)

nodes

d)

clades

e)

taxa

25.

Looking at the image, which organism would be considered the outgroup? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

human

b)

gorrilla

c)

gibbon

d)

chimpanzee

e)

orangutan

26.

Looking at the image, which organism is most closely related to the polar bear? (from Lecture & Notes: Phylogeny II)

a)

black bear

b)

western North American brown bear

c)

European brown bear

d)

Asian brown bear

27.

Looking at the image, what answer choice best describes the group that evolved 2,200 million years ago and are the photosynthetic ancestor to land plants? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

Letter A

b)

Letter B

c)

Letter C

d)

Letter D

e)

Letter E

28.

Looking at the image, what letter best represents the non-vascular, seedless phylum that evolved 470 to 450 million years ago? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

Letter A

b)

Letter B

c)

Letter C

d)

Letter D

e)

Letter E

29.

Looking at the image, what letter best represents the evolved vascular system, but still seedless phylum that evolved 430 to 420 million years ago? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

Letter A

b)

Letter B

c)

Letter C

d)

Letter D

e)

Letter E

30.

Looking at the image, what letter best represents a vascular, but with evolved naked seeds of a cone-bearing phylum that evolved 370 to 350 million years ago? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

Letter A

b)

Letter B

c)

Letter C

d)

Letter D

e)

Letter E

31.

Looking at the image, what letter best represents a vascular, seeded plants of a phylum that has developed and evolved 160 to 150 million years ago? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

Letter A

b)

Letter B

c)

Letter C

d)

Letter D

e)

Letter E

32.

Which one of the following answer choices represents a plant trait protects plants and leaves from drying out? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

waxy cuticle

b)

stomata

c)

lignin

d)

xylem

e)

phloem

33.

Which one of the following answer choices represents small openings allowing gas exchange between the plants and the atmosphere? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

waxy cuticle

b)

stomata

c)

lignin

d)

xylem

e)

phloem

34.

Which one of the following answer choices represents tough material found in the cell walls of plant tissues that provide support and conduct fluids? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

waxy cuticle

b)

stomata

c)

lignin

d)

xylem

e)

phloem

35.

Which one of the following answer choices represents a tissue in the plant's vascular system that functions to transport water and water-soluble nutrient? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

waxy cuticle

b)

stomata

c)

lignin

d)

xylem

e)

phloem

36.

Which one of the following answer choices represents a tissue in the plant's vascular system that functions to transport sugar, proteins and other organic molecules? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

waxy cuticle

b)

stomata

c)

lignin

d)

xylem

e)

phloem

37.

Which one of the following answer choices represents an evolved trait of Coniferophyta and Angiospermophyta for providing nutrients for embryos? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

pollen

b)

seeds

c)

fruit

d)

flowers

e)

mutualism

38.

Which one of the following answer choices represents an evolved trait of Angiospermophyta that contains cells that will divide to from sperm that is carried by wind or animal vectors? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

pollen

b)

seeds

c)

fruit

d)

flowers

e)

mutualism

39.

Which one of the following answer choices represents an evolved trait of Angiospermophyta is the mature ovary of a flower? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

pollen

b)

seeds

c)

fruit

d)

flowers

e)

mutualism

40.

Which one of the following answer choices represents an evolved trait of Angiospermophyta that is a reproductive structure that protects gametes and fertilized egg? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

pollen

b)

seeds

c)

fruit

d)

flowers

e)

mutualism

41.

Which one of the following answer choices represents an evolved trait of Angiospermophyta and an animal specie where the two will interact and benefit? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

pollen

b)

seeds

c)

fruit

d)

flowers

e)

mutualism

42.

Which one of the following is a term used to describe organisms with parallel veins that includes grasses, palms and lilies? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

Monocots

b)

Dicots

c)

Kingdom Animalia

d)

Kingdom Plantae

43.

Which one of the following is a term used to describe organisms with a network of veins that includes woody plants, trees, shrubs and beans? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

Monocots

b)

Dicots

c)

Kingdom Animalia

d)

Kingdom Plantae

44.

Which one of the following is a term used to eukaryotes with chloroplasts in their cells that function in the process of photosynthesis? (from Lecture & Notes: The Kingdom of Plants)

a)

Monocots

b)

Dicots

c)

Kingdom Animalia

d)

Kingdom Plantae

45.

Which one of the following is a term used to describe eukaryotes with cells that lack cell walls? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Monocots

b)

Dicots

c)

Kingdom Animalia

d)

Kingdom Plantae

46.

What answer choice represents a level of organization used to differentiate animals by the formed loose aggregates as seen in sponges? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

cellular

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

symmetry

e)

body wall

47.

What answer choice represent cells of an animal carrying out the same function? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

cellular

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

symmetry

e)

body wall

48.

What answer choice represent tissues of an animal carrying out a specialized function as seen in Platyhelminthes and other higher phyla? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

cellular

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

symmetry

e)

body wall

49.

What answer choice represents the arrangement of body parts around a central point that helps to classify the phyla of Animalia? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

cellular

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

symmetry

e)

body wall

50.

What answer choice represents the arrangement of the Animalia body into two or three embryonic layers? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

cellular

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

symmetry

e)

body wall

51.

What answer choice best represents classifying Animalia based on body walls that only have an outer ectoderm, inner endoderm with an undifferentiated mesoglea between them as seen in Coelenterates? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

diploblastic

b)

triploblastic

c)

acoelomates

d)

pesudocoelomates

e)

eucoelomates

52.

What answer choice best represents classifying Animalia based on body walls that have an outer ectoderm, a middle endoderm and an inner endoderm? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

diploblastic

b)

triploblastic

c)

acoelomates

d)

pesudocoelomates

e)

eucoelomates

53.

What answer choice best represents a type of coelom where the body cavity is absent? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

diploblastic

b)

triploblastic

c)

acoelomates

d)

pesudocoelomates

e)

eucoelomates

54.

What answer choice best represents a type of coelom where the body cavity is not lined by mesoderm as seen in Aschelminthes? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

diploblastic

b)

triploblastic

c)

acoelomates

d)

pesudocoelomates

e)

eucoelomates

55.

What answer choice best represents a type of coelom where the body cavity is lined with a mesoderm present? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

diploblastic

b)

triploblastic

c)

acoelomates

d)

pesudocoelomates

e)

eucoelomates

56.

What answer selection contributes to animal classification based on the presence or absence of a cavity located between body wall and gut? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

protostome

b)

deuterostome

c)

segmentation

d)

notochord

e)

coelom

57.

What answer selection describes animals in embryonic development where the anus is the first digestive cavity to form? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

protostome

b)

deuterostome

c)

segmentation

d)

notochord

e)

coelom

58.

What answer selection describes animals in embryonic development where the 8-celled embryo is arranged in a spiral cleavage (looks like corn according to one of your classmates)? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

protostome

b)

deuterostome

c)

segmentation

d)

notochord

e)

coelom

59.

What answer selection describes an animal feature where the body is externally and internally divided into repeated, linear series of body units? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

protostome

b)

deuterostome

c)

segmentation

d)

notochord

e)

coelom

60.

What answer selection describes an animal feature that is a supporting rod-like structure derived from mesoderm? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

protostome

b)

deuterostome

c)

segmentation

d)

notochord

e)

coelom

61.

What answer choice represents the animal phyla that flatworm belongs to? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Platyhelminthes

b)

Annelida

c)

Arthropoda

d)

Mollusca

e)

Echinodermata

62.

What answer choice represents the animal phyla that segmented worms belong to? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Platyhelminthes

b)

Annelida

c)

Arthropoda

d)

Mollusca

e)

Echinodermata

63.

What answer choice represents the animal phyla that features an exoskeleton made of chitin? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Platyhelminthes

b)

Annelida

c)

Arthropoda

d)

Mollusca

e)

Echinodermata

64.

What answer choice represents the animal phyla that features a radula feeding organ seen in clams, snails and octopuses? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Platyhelminthes

b)

Annelida

c)

Arthropoda

d)

Mollusca

e)

Echinodermata

65.

What answer choice represents the animal phyla that is a radially symmetrical deuterons-tome with an internal skeleton made up of ossicles? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Platyhelminthes

b)

Annelida

c)

Arthropoda

d)

Mollusca

e)

Echinodermata

66.

What answer selection represents the animal phyla that includes sponges lack muscle or nerve cells that reproduce sexually and asexually? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Porifera

b)

Cnidaria (or Coelenterata)

c)

Aschelminthes

d)

Nematoda

e)

Chordata

67.

What answer selection represents the animal phyla that is radially symmetrical and has 2 tissue layers separated by a jelly-like material? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Porifera

b)

Cnidaria (or Coelenterata)

c)

Aschelminthes

d)

Nematoda

e)

Chordata

68.

What answer selection represents the animal phyla that is a bilaterally symmetrical protostome that lack of well-developed coelom and blood vessels? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Porifera

b)

Cnidaria (or Coelenterata)

c)

Aschelminthes

d)

Nematoda

e)

Chordata

69.

What answer selection represents the animal phyla that is a bilaterally symmetrical protostome that are also known as roundworms? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Porifera

b)

Cnidaria (or Coelenterata)

c)

Aschelminthes

d)

Nematoda

e)

Chordata

70.

What answer selection represents the animal phyla that is a bilaterally symmetrical deuterostome that includes all vertebrates? (from Lecture & Notes: The Animal Kingdom Overall)

a)

Porifera

b)

Cnidaria (or Coelenterata)

c)

Aschelminthes

d)

Nematoda

e)

Chordata