Biological Classification Quiz



Classification Take-Home Test

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Please complete each statement.

1. If two species share many characteristics, the species probably developed from a common ______________ .

2. Two closely related species with similar larval forms but different adult forms is an example of classification based on ______________ .

Please answer the following questions.

3. Name the Swedish botanist who developed the classification system still in use today, based on similarities in body structure and form.

Name four or more methods of classification:

4. Bonus:

5. Bonus:

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8. The most accurate way of determining the degree of relationship between species is probably to compare their (circle the best answer):

a. fossil records b. nucleic acid sequences c. stages of development d. body structures

9. The system for naming species in which two words are used to name an organism is (circle the best answer):

a. dichotomous keying b. cladistics c. binomial nomenclature d. fan diagramming

10. Which term includes the other three? (circle the best answer)

a. genus b. family c. subfamily d. order

11. Explain the problem with Aristotle's system of classification.

12. Two organisms are placed in the same species if they:

a. are able to share similar environments

b. are able to mate and produce fertile offspring

c. both require the same food materials

d. both have structures for aerobic respiration

14. Name two advantages of using scientific names.

15. Please provide the following describing your teacher:

Species

Order

Group

Subphylum

Class

Family

Subspecies

Genus

35. Describe the difference the difference between the following (use additional paper if necessary):

Puma, Mountain lion, Cougar, Panther

36. Please identify the following:

a. Elaphus maximus

b. Sciuris carolinensis

c. Odocoileus virginianus

d. Equus caballus

e. Equus burchelli

f. Bison bison

g. Tursiops truncata

h. Marmota monax

i. Mus musculus

j. Rattus norvegicus

k. Gallus gallus

l. Canus lupus

m. Procyon lotor

n. Sylvilagus floridanus

37. Please describe some aspect of classification that I didn't ask about.

38. Please complete the following table:

|Species |Discovered |Lived when? |

| | |(mya) |

| |When |Where |By | |

|Austrolopithecus afarensis | | | | |

|Austrolopithecus anamensis | | | | |

|Austrolopithecus africanus | | | | |

|Austrolopithecus robustus | | | | |

|Austrolopithecus boisei | | | | |

|Homo habilis | | | | |

|Homo erectus | | | | |

|H. sapiens neanderthalensis | | | | |

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