Glencoe Biology

Chapter 17: Organizing Life's Diversity

Standardized Test Practice-English

1
The identification, naming, and classifying of species is called ____.
A)genus method
B)Linnaeus method
C)taxonomy
D)evolution
2
According to this, how many different taxa is the American black bear in?

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A)sixteen
B)one
C)four
D)eight
3
A ____ is a group of species that are closely related and share a common ancestor.
A)genus
B)taxon
C)kingdom
D)type
4
Which of these was a limitation of Aristotle's classification system?
A)overemphasized evolutionary change
B)did not account for evolution
C)did not distinguish between plant and animal
D)did not recognize that animals had blood
5
Why is binomial nomenclature important for biological classification?
A)allows scientists to disregard common ancestors
B)encourages scientists to use common names
C)provides all species with a specific name
D)kingdoms are no longer necessary in classification
6
According to the ____, species are defined as groups that interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
A)biological species concept
B)morphological concept
C)natural selection theory
D)behavioral classification theory
7
Scientists observe inherited features called ____ to construct patterns of decent.
A)morphos
B)vestigial adaptations
C)phylos
D)characters
8
What does this diagram show?

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A)new mutations over time
B)new mutations in a single organism
C)development of a single mutation
D)normal genes without mutations
9
What does this show?

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A)protein differences
B)morphological characters
C)chromosome banding patterns
D)DNA helix
10
What morphological characters suggest the evolutionary similarity of birds and dinosaurs?
A)bird feathers
B)dense bones
C)hollow bones
D)DNA similarities
11
Which of these is not a way that scientists use genetics to determine evolutionary relationships?
A)compare genomes of different organisms
B)compare analogous structures
C)map genomes with restriction enzymes
D)perform DNA hybridization
12
Prokaryotes whose cell walls contain peptidoglycan are known as ____.
A)eubacteria
B)archaea
C)protists
D)fungi
13
Eukaryotic organisms that can be multicellular, unicellular, or colonial are called ____.
A)cyanobacteria
B)archaea
C)protists
D)insects
14
What does the trunk represent in Darwin's tree of life?

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A)ancestral groups
B)new species
C)DNA
D)adaptations
15
In this cladogram, which species shares ancestral characteristics with the three organisms being compared?

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A)lilies
B)ferns
C)conifers
D)mosses
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