NAME: _______________________________ 6.

Which of the following characteristics is NOT considered when

YEAR/COURSE: _______________________ modern scientists classify organisms?

genes
1. Taxonomy is the science of ________. A.
categorizing dissecting instruments. embryos
A. B.
classifying and naming organisms. body structures
B. C.
classifying insects in a single rain-forest tree. All of these characteristics are considered.
C. D.
maximizing tax deductions for field-research 7. Which of the following characteristics is used to group
D. expenses. organisms into kingdoms?
2. The first person to develop a system of taxonomy was presence of a nucleus
________. A.
Aristotle ability to make food
A. B.
Konrad Lorenz ability to move
B. C.
Ivan P. Pavlov. All of the above choices are correct.
C. D.
Carolus Linnaeus
D. 8. All of the organisms in the Kingdom Monera are ________.

3. A kingdom is ________. one-celled

A.
composed of a two-word name bacteria
A. B.
the smallest and most precise category eukaryotes
B. C.
the largest category. All of the above choices are correct.
C. D.
the first category developed by Linnaeus
D. 9. The phylogeny of an organism ________.

4. Which is the correct scientific name for a domestic dog? is the number of organelles it has in its cells
A.
Canis refers to whether it is single-celled or many-celled
A. B.
Canis familiaris is its evolutionary history
B. C.
familiaris is another name for its order
C. D.
Domestic Dog
D. 10. Eukaryotes are organisms with ________.

5. Organisms belonging to the same species ________. a cell wall

A.
live in the same place and have similar a nucleus and organelles surrounded by
A. B. membranes
characteristics.
live in the same place and are active during the the ability to make food
B. C.
day.
None of the above choices are correct.
can mate with one another to produce fertile D.
C. offspring.
can mate with one another but cannot produce 11. Which of the following terms is used instead of phylum when
D. fertile offspring. referring to plants and fungi?
 family a two-word naming system
A. B.
division a mathematical equation for calculating carrying
B. C. capacity
genus a computer language
C. D.
class
D.
17. ________ is the smallest, most precise category.
12. Extinction is a process that ________.
Genus
A.
is disappearing rapidly Species
A. B.
reduces species diversity Class
B. C.
is caused only by humans. Order
C. D.
All of the above choices are correct.
D.
18. Prokaryotes have ________.
13. The common name of an organism is ________.
no nucleus
A.
always the same as the binomial name an organized nucleus
A. B.
also known as the scientific name no chromosomes
B. C.
the name people use in everyday speech None of the above choices is correct.
C. D.
the same all over the world
D.
19. Life scientists discover ________ organisms every year.
14. Scientific names ________.
no new
A.
give information about the evolutionary histories of 10-20
A. organisms B.
communicate descriptive information about about 50
B. organisms C.
Both choices are true. hundreds of
C. D.
Neither choice is true.
D. 20. Which of the following words does NOT name one of the six
kingdoms commonly used today?
15. A detailed list of traits of organisms is called a ________.
eubacteria
A.
dichotomous key
A. virus
B.
binomial nomenclature
B. archaebacteria
C.
genus
C. protista
D.
phylogeny
D.
21. Which two kingdoms are made up of simple one-celled
16. Binomial nomenclature is ________. organisms?

a numerical system of identifying organisms bacteria and virus

A. A.
 protista and archaebacteria
B.
eubacteria and archaebacteria
C.
plant and fungi
D.

22. In order from most general to most specific, which of the

following correctly lists groups for plants?

Division, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus,

A. Species
Kingdom, Division, Class, Order, Family, Genus,
B. Species
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus,
C. Species
Kingdom, Division, Order, Class, Family, Genus,
D. Species

23. The northern spotted owl is an example of a(n) ________.

endangered species
A.
extinct species
B.
protist
C.
mutated species
D.

24. The term species diversity refers to ________.

habitat destruction
A.
variety among offspring of a species
B.
a species that can live under a variety of conditions
C.
a great variety of plants, animals, and other
D. organisms

25. Aristotle divided organisms into what two main categories?

plant and animal

A.
animal and vegetable
B.
living and nonliving
C.
organic and inorganic
D.