Deck 12: Diversity of Life

Question 1

What is a clade?

A)a group of organisms that all share a common ancestor
B)an ancestor of a group of organisms
C)a clan led by a dominant female member

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Why do scientists classify living organisms?

A)To study their evolutionary relationship on the basis of shared characteristics
B)To be able to give them Latin names
C)To be able to see which organisms were more advanced than others

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The timeline of the evolution of different species from a common ancestor, often drawn as a tree-like diagram, is known as a ___________ tree.(Outcome #5)

A)taxonomic
B)phylogenic
C)phylum-genetic

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which group of organisms consist of more than one cell

A)eubacteria
B)archaea
C)eukarya

Question 5

What is a phylogenetic tree?

A)It is a small desert tree that has maintained an unaltered genotype for millions of years.
B)It is a diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among organisms.
C)It is a graph that shows evolutionary change versus the natural selection index.

Question 6

In order from largest to smallest classification, which list is correct?

A)phylum, family, order, species
B)order, family, genus, species
C)order, class, genus, species

Question 7

In general, which two characteristics of an organism are used to classify it?

A)genome and protein compliment
B)cell structure and chromosome number
C)physical features and genome

Question 8

The scientific discipline of classifying organisms into increasingly more inclusive groups according to an international classification standard is known as what?

A)paleontology
B)entomology
C)taxonomy

Question 9

A team of scientists is trying to categorize a new life form they believe is an insect.On what criteria will the scientists base their decision on whether or not to classify the creature as an insect?

A)The team will study insects in the phylogenetic tree and see whether their new creature matches the characteristics of one of the tree's branches.
B)The team will make the decision based on whether or not the creature has six legs.
C)The team will make the decision by finding out whether or not the creature shares any properties with plants.

Question 10

Organisms that are more closely related overlap more how?

A)morphologically and dietarily
B)metabolically and genetically
C)genetically and morphologically

Question 11

Which classification of life contains the highest number of species?

A)domain
B)genus
C)kingdom

Question 12

Which list is correct in descending classification (from largest to smallest grouping)?

A)kingdom, order, family, species
B)kingdom, order, phylum, species
C)phylum, family, class, genus