Chapter 17 Trash Ball Review

True or False Streptococcus, a type of bacteria that causes strep throat, is classified in the Kingdom Protista. _______________

False Eubacteria

True or False When organisms are classified within the same group, it can be assumed that they have a common phylogeny. _________________________

True

True or False A dichotomous key is a step-by-step way to identify an organism using a series of paired descriptions. _________________________

True

True or False A phylum is related to a class as a family is related to an order. _________________________

False Genus

True or False In Aristotle's system of classification, animals were classified on the basis of their size and structure. _________________________

Habitat and Physical differences False Habitat and Physical differences

The evolutionary history of a species is its _____. a. biodiversity. c The evolutionary history of a species is its _____. a. biodiversity c. extinction b. phylogeny d. taxonomy

B

A system for naming species in which two words are used to name an organism is _____. a. binomial nomenclature b. dichotomous keying c. cladistics d. fan diagramming

A

The placing of information or objects into groups based on certain similarities is _____. a. biochemical analysis b. classification c. phylogeny d. speciation

B

A heterotrophic eukaryote associated with the decomposition of dead organisms is a(n) _____. a. bacterium b. herbivore c. fungus d. protist

C

A group of related classes of plants is a _____. a. database. b A group of related classes of plants is a _____. a. database b. kingdom c. division d. taxon

C

The science of grouping and naming organisms is _____. a The science of grouping and naming organisms is _____. a. classification b. phylogeny c. nomenclature d. taxonomy

D

The method used to construct a hypothetical evolutionary tree is ____ The method used to construct a hypothetical evolutionary tree is ____. a. biochemistry b. cladistics c. DNA sequencing d. statistical analysis

B

Biologists use ______________ to create a cladogram. a. derived traits Biologists use ______________ to create a cladogram. a. derived traits b. behavioral c. discretionary d. pedigrees

A

Aristotle classified animals according to their ____________________ and ____________________.

habitat, physical differences

Scientists used a system of ____________________ to help understand the relationships between organisms.

classification

Group of related families

ORDER

Group of related classes

PHYLUM

Group of related species

GENUS

Group of related genera

FAMILY

Eukaryote lacking complex organ systems

PROTIST

Group of related orders

CLASS

Microscopic, single-celled prokaryotes

BACTERIA

Group of related phyla

KINGDOM

Make a list of the taxonomic categories in order from the largest category to the smallest category. .

kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, species

List the Six Kingdoms and give an example of each one of them?

Plants, Animals, Fungi, Protists, Archeabateria, Eubateria