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Bio7B:  Illustrate the results of natural selection (Ch. 14 - HOLT)

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Linnaeus’s two-word system for naming organisms is called
a.
taxonomic evolution.
c.
Greek polynomials.
b.
Genus species.
d.
binomial nomenclature.
 

 2. 
Taxonomy is
a.
the study of life.
b.
the science of naming and classifying organisms.
c.
the evolutionary history of a species.
d.
the sequence in which different groups evolved.
 

 3. 
All scientific names must have
a.
two Latin words.
b.
the same species name.
c.
different genus names for organisms within the group.
d.
the same common name.
 

 4. 
The basic biological unit in the Linnaean system of classification is the
a.
kingdom.
c.
genus.
b.
family.
d.
species.
 

 5. 
An advantage of our scientific naming system is that
a.
common names mean the same in all countries.
b.
Latin names are easy to pronounce.
c.
biologists can communicate regardless of their native languages.
d.
organisms all have the same scientific name.
 

 6. 
Under the Linnaean system of classification, plants and animals are sorted into groups based on
a.
number and size.
c.
form and size.
b.
form and structure.
d.
number and structure.
 

 7. 
The largest division that a group of organisms can belong to is
a.
domain.
c.
genus.
b.
class.
d.
kingdom.
 

 8. 
Protista is an example of a
a.
kingdom.
c.
genus.
b.
class.
d.
species.
 

 9. 
Similar genera are grouped into a(n)
a.
phylum.
c.
family.
b.
class.
d.
order.
 

 10. 
A species
a.
is a narrowly defined group of organisms.
b.
is a broadly defined group of organisms.
c.
has the same meaning as “population.”
d.
None of the above
 

 11. 
Each level of classification is based on
a.
specific characteristics.
c.
shared characteristics.
b.
general characteristics.
d.
All of the above
 

 12. 
A biological species
a.
cannot interbreed within the natural population.
b.
is isolated reproductively from other species.
c.
can easily be differentiated from others based on appearance.
d.
produces infertile offspring.
 

 13. 
A hybrid is produced from
a.
interbreeding between the same species.
b.
interbreeding between distantly related species.
c.
interbreeding between closely related species.
d.
crossing different plants.
 

 14. 
Dogs and wolves are members of
a.
the same family.
c.
different species.
b.
the same genus.
d.
All of the above
 

 15. 
The biological species concept is difficult to apply to
a.
sexually reproducing organisms.
c.
organisms that produce pollen.
b.
asexually reproducing organisms.
d.
organisms that live in groups.
 

 16. 
interbreeding : hybrids
a.
water : soil
c.
natural selection : change
b.
mitosis : meiosis
d.
homologous : environment
 

 17. 
Similar features evolved through convergent evolution are called
a.
analogous characters.
c.
environmental characters.
b.
homologous characters.
d.
genetic characters.
 

 18. 
Convergent evolution produces similar features in different organisms as the result of
a.
similar environments.
c.
sharing a common ancestor.
b.
pressure by natural selection.
d.
Both (a) and (b)
 

 19. 
Analogous structures
a.
have the same form in organisms.
b.
perform the same function in organisms.
c.
have the same structure in organisms.
d.
evolve from a common ancestor.
 

 20. 
A model used by evolutionary biologists to represent evolutionary history among species is called a
a.
phylogram.
c.
histogram.
b.
cladogram.
d.
parallelogram.
 

 21. 
Derived characteristics are traits
a.
shared by all species.
c.
found in closely related species.
b.
originated in a common ancestor.
d.
found in distantly related species.
 

 22. 
Evolutionary systematics emphasizes the importance of
a.
derived characteristics.
c.
shared characteristics.
b.
unique characteristics.
d.
compared characteristics.
 



 
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