Classification Terms part 2

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Biology

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9th - 12th Grade

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MS-LS4-2, MS-LS2-3, MS-LS1-5

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Stacey Ramay

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10 Slides • 26 Questions

Multiple Choice

Automatic response such as coughing or sneezing

reflex

stimulus

instinct

insight

Multiple Choice

Changes in an organisms environment that cause a response

Tropism

Hormone

Stimuli

Response

Multiple Choice

What is the internal state of balance called?

Stimulus

Response

Homeostasis

Homozygous

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an organism's reaction to a change in it's surrondings?

Response

Development

Distraction

Stimulus

Multiple Choice

This plant is growing towards the light, this is an example of ___________.

phototropism

thigmotropism

gravitropism

hydrotropism

Multiple Choice

Are roots a part of the vascular system?

Yes

Multiple Choice

The plant tissue that carries food DOWNWARD from the leaves to the rest of the pant is the ______.

Phloem

Stomata

Chlorophyll

Xylem

Multiple Choice

Specific type of plant tissue that transports water and minerals from the roots, through the stems, to leaves

vascular plant

nonvascular plant

xylem

phloem

Multiple Choice

phloem is

a vascular tissue that carries water and nutrients from the roots up to the stem and leaves.

a vascular tissue that carries food from leaves to the the roots.

another name for leaf.

Multiple Choice

Xylem is

another name for roots

is a vascular tissue that carries water and minerals from the root up to the plants.

carries food from the leaves to the root.

Multiple Choice

A clade contains

all organisms with similar appearances.

organisms living within the same ecosystem.

an ancestral species and all the organisms that came before it.

an ancestral species and all its descendants.

Multiple Choice

The goal of modern classification is to....

understand the relationships among certain living organisms

understand the relationships among all living things on Earth

understand the similarities and differences of organisms

understanding the similarities of biogeographical habitats

Multiple Choice

A branch of a cladogram that consists of a single common ancestor and all of its descendants is called

cladistics

a clade

a kingdom

a class

Multiple Choice

If two species have similar DNA sequences but different observable characteristics,

they are not closely related.

scientists need to re-examine the DNA evidence.

the species are more closely related than their appearances imply.

they could not have shared a recent common ancestor.

Multiple Choice

A diagram that shows evolutionary relationships among species is called a

cladogram

derived characters

monophyletic

phylogeny

Multiple Choice

A group of species of species that includes a single common ancestor and all of descendants

clade

taxa

monophyletic group

phylogenetic group

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups shares the most recent common ancestor?

Mosses and ferns

cone-bearing plants and ferns

cone-bearing plants and flowering plants

Mosses and flowering plants

Multiple Choice

Which derived character appeared first during the course of the plants' evolution

embryo

vascular tissue

seeds

flowers

Multiple Choice

If species A and B have very similar genes, which of the following statements is probably true?

Species A and B shared a relatively recent common ancestor

Species A evolved independently of species B for a long period

Species B is older than species A

Species A is older than species B

Multiple Choice

A trait that arose in the most recent common ancestor of a group and was passed on to its descendants

clade

cladogram

derived characters

node

Multiple Choice

Phylogeny is...

The study of classification of different species

The study of the evolutionary history of a species

The study of prehistoric life

The study of the distribution of different species

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a domain of life?

Prokarya

Eukarya

Eubacteria

Archaebacteria

Multiple Choice

Which level of biological classification is the MOST specific?

Phylum

Kingdom

Order

Species

Multiple Choice

Which level of biological classification is the LEAST specific?

Domain

Kingdom

Genus

Family

Multiple Choice

The field of biology that classifies organisms is called...

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

Paleontology

Embryology

Multiple Choice

A specific trait that is used to construct a cladogram is called a...

derived character

clade

structural feature

taxon

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