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What is the advantage of using a binomial system to name species?

(Select all that apply)

It uses Latin words

There are two names to remember rather then one

It lets scientists discuss individual species

Each species has a unique name

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Which 18th Century scientist developed the traditional classification system for classifying living things?

Charles Darwin

Carl Linnaeus

Carl Woese

Gregor Mendel

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Which international system is commonly used to classify organisms?

The Linnaean classification system

The binomial naming system

The group creation system 

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What is the correct order of groups in the Linnaean classification system? 


kingdom, , class, , family, , species.

phylum
order
genus

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Which two groups in the classification system are used in the binomial naming system?

Kingdom 

Order 

Class

Genus

Species 

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What is the binomial name for humans?

Homo sapiens

Felis tigris 

Mammalia primates

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How do we write the binomial name of a species?

(Select all that apply)

All in uppercase (capitals)

All lower case except the first letter of the genus

All in italics 

All in bold 

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The binomial name for grey wolves is Canis lupus


What are the species and genus names for the grey wolf?

Genus name is lupus

Genus name is Canis

Species name is Canis

Species name is lupus

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Which 20th century scientist used microscopes and modern technology to develop the three domain system to classify organisms?

Carl Woese

Gregor Mendel

Carl Linnaeus

Charles Darwin

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Carl Woese developed the three domain system to classify organisms. What are the three domains?

Eukaryotes 

Archaea

Protoctists 

Plants 

Bacteria 

Animals

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Which of the following are considered Eukaryotes?

(Select all that apply)

Protoctists 

Animals 

Plants 

Fungi 

Bacteria 

Archeae

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What do evolutionary trees show?

The importance of natural selection within an organism

The evolutionary relationship between the organisms being studied

The relationship based on binomial classification

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Diagram showing an evolutionary tree with branch points circled in red, illustrating the divergence of different species.

What do the branch points show on an evolutionary tree (circled red in the above diagram)?

The introduction of a new competitor 

The divergence of a single population/species into two separate populations/species 

When species become extinct 

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Diagram showing an evolutionary tree for various groups of animals, indicating the evolution of characteristics such as hair, egg with shell and membranes, four limbs, and bony skeleton.

The diagram above shows an evolutionary tree for some groups of animals.


It also shows when some characteristics first evolved.

Which group is most closely related to crocodiles? 

Sharks

Birds 

Rabbits 

Fish

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Which group(s) of animals have hair?

(Select all that apply)

Sharks

Rabbits 

Birds

Chimpanzees 

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Which group has a bony skeleton but no limbs?

Rabbits 

Fish

Shark

Birds

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