taxonomy test

Question 1

what is taxonomy?

Answer 1

finding,describing,classifying and naming organisms into 7 different category

Question 2

what are the 7 organizations of taxon

Answer 2

kingdom      kinky
phylum        people
class             can
order           only
family          find
genus          good
species        sex

Question 3

what is the most specific taxon

Answer 3

species

Question 4

what are the 3 domains

Answer 4

archaea, bacteria and eukarya

Question 5

what are the 6 kingdoms

Answer 5

eubacteria, archaebacteria,protista, fungi,plantae and animalia

Question 6

example of eubacteria

Answer 6

bacteria species, e. coli, salmonella, ebola

Question 7

example of archaebacteria

Answer 7

halobater, thermacoccus

Question 8

example of protista

Answer 8

diatoms, multicellular algae, paramecium

Question 9

example of fungi

Answer 9

mushrooms, yeast, toadstools, mould

Question 10

example of plantae

Answer 10

trees,flowers, grass

Question 11

example of animalia

Answer 11

mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates

Question 12

describe eubacteria

Answer 12

• prokaryotic and unicellular
• can be harmful or beneficial
• no membrane bound organelles

Question 13

describe archaebacteria

Answer 13

• prokaryotic and unicellular
• no membrane bound organelles
• live in extreme environments (like volcanic vents or very salty environments)

Question 14

describe protista

Answer 14

• eukaryotic and unicellular
• some have characteristics of plants or animals and fungi
• move using flagella, cilia or pseudopuds

Question 15

describe fungi

Answer 15

• eukaryotic and multicellular
• have cell wall with chitin
• spread through spores
• 3 categories

Question 16

describe plantae

Answer 16

• eukaryotic and multicellular
• cell walls have chloroplasts
• use photosynthesis
• reproduced via seeds or spores
• require co2,o2,water,nutrients and sunlight

Question 17

describe animalia

Answer 17

• eukaryotic and multicellular
• no cell walls
• heterotrophic
• generally motile except some invertebrates

Question 18

what is binomial nomenclature

Answer 18

combination of using a genius and species name when referring to a specific species

Question 19

what is the format for binomial nomenclature

Answer 19

Genius is capitalized and the species is all lowercase both words are in italics or underlined if handwritten

Question 20

what is the phylogenetic tree

Answer 20

branching diagram showing the evolutionary history of organisms

Question 21

how does the phylogenetic tree work

Answer 21

The distance between each branch indicates the distance each species is from a common ancestor

Question 22

what is a clade

Answer 22

A group of organisms that includes all of the descendants of a common ancestor - used in cladogram

Question 23

what is dichotomous key

Answer 23

used to identify different organisms based on the organisms observable traits

Question 24

how does the dichotomous key work

Answer 24

it consists of a series of statements with two choices in each step that will lead to the correct identification

Question 25

what is the domain based on

Answer 25

Evolution according to molecular genetics

Question 26

what is the kingdom’s based on

Answer 26

Evolution according to morphology

Question 27

which thing is based on the type of RNA in the organisms

Answer 27

domains

Question 28

what is the classification system of taxons name

Answer 28

Linnaeus

Question 29

what is the cladogram

Answer 29

diagram to show the relationship between groups of organisms