Chapter 15 Self Quiz: How We Name Living Things

Kingdoms matching exercise
To what order does the Eastern Gray Squirrel belong?
1. Chordata (wrong)
2. Animalia (wrong)
3. Sciuridae (wrong)
4. Mammalia (wrong)
5. Rodentia (correct)
  Hint
Organisms that are members of the same order are also members of the same
1. species (wrong)
2. family (wrong)
3. genus (wrong)
4. class (correct)
5. rank (wrong)
  Hint
Organisms in a clade must possess
1. same species name (wrong)
2. shared characters (correct)
3. convergent characters (wrong)
4. divergent characters (wrong)
5. outgroup characters (wrong)
  Hint
According to this cladogram, the closest relatives to lizards are
1. frogs (wrong)
2. tigers (wrong)
3. humans (wrong)
4. both tigers and humans (correct)
5. both frogs and tigers (wrong)
  Hint
Cladistic taxonomy places crocodilians and birds together in a clade called
1. archosaurs (correct)
2. dinosaurs (wrong)
3. mammals (wrong)
4. lizards (wrong)
5. turtles (wrong)
  Hint
In the three-domain classification system, Eukarya contains the following kingdoms EXCEPT:
1. Animalia (wrong)
2. Archaea (correct)
3. Protista (wrong)
4. Fungi (wrong)
5. Plantae (wrong)
  Hint
The common ancestor of all living organisms is rooted in domain
1. Archaea (wrong)
2. Bacteria (correct)
3. Eukarya (wrong)
4. Prokarya (wrong)
5. Viruses (wrong)
  Hint
Organisms in the Bacteria domain are different than organisms in the Archaea domain because
1. they are prokaryotes (wrong)
2. they have a nucleus (wrong)
3. they have cell walls that are made of different materials (correct)
4. they have mitochondria (wrong)
5. they undergo meiosis (wrong)
  Hint
A unicellular organism that has a nucleus and organelles is a member of the kingdom
1. Bacteria (wrong)
2. Protista (correct)
3. Animalia (wrong)
4. Plantae (wrong)
5. Fungi (wrong)
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