Transcript Chapter 17 Trash Ball Review

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-bystep 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.
_________________________
False

Habitat and Physical differences
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.
b.
c.
d.
biochemical analysis
classification
phylogeny
speciation
B
A heterotrophic eukaryote
associated with the decomposition
of dead organisms is a(n) _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
bacterium
herbivore
fungus
protist
C
A group of related classes of plants
is a _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
database
kingdom
division
taxon
C
The science of grouping and
naming organisms is _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
classification
phylogeny
nomenclature
taxonomy
D
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.
b.
c.
d.
derived traits
behavioral
discretionary
pedigrees
A
Aristotle classified animals according to thei
____________________ 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