TEKS HS Biology - BIOL.8B Hierarchical Classification
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- Q 1/12Score 0A student collected the animal shown below on a field trip. The student used a dichotomous key and a microscope to classify the animal. How should this animal be classified?29MolluscaPlatyhelminthesAnnelidaArthropoda
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- Q1A student collected the animal shown below on a field trip. The student used a dichotomous key and a microscope to classify the animal. How should this animal be classified?MolluscaPlatyhelminthesAnnelidaArthropoda60sBIOL.8b
- Q2Arthropods are joint-legged animals. Spiders, crabs, pill bugs, centipedes, and millipedes are examples of the many types of arthropods. Which of these arthropods are most closely related?Arthropods of the same familyArthropods of the same genusArthropods of the same speciesArthropods of the same class60sBIOL.8b
- Q3Using a light microscope, a student identified the following characteristics of four organisms found in a sample of pond water. Based on the observations of the student, which organisms most likely belong to the taxonomic group for bacteria?Organisms 1 and 2Organisms 1 and 4Organisms 2 and 3Organisms 3 and 460sBIOL.8b
- Q4The diagram shows a dichotomous key and a picture of a fruit. According to the key, the fruit comes from which species of tree?Acer platanoidesFraxinus americanaAcer negundoFraxinus nigra60sBIOL.8b
- Q5Frogs and toads belong to the order Anura. The smallest organism in this order is about 7 millimeters long, while the largest member is about 30 centimeters long. Which of these lists best describes this order?60sBIOL.8b
- Q6A cladogram is shown below. All the animals to the right of the hagfish would have the common characteristic of -claws or nailsjawsfurlungs60sBIOL.8b
- Q7While visiting a national park, a student encounters an unfamiliar organism in a damp area near a body of water. The student notes that the organism is about 10 cm long, has four legs, and has a tail. The organism is black with small white spots on its smooth, moist skin. It also appears to have an internal skeletal system. To which class does the organism most likely belong?AmphibiaReptiliaInsectaMammalia60sBIOL.8b
- Q8This dichotomous key can be used to identify some conifers. Based on the key, which of these best describes the leaves and cones of the longleaf pine?Flattened and scale-like leaves that are mostly over 25 cm long; soft and leathery conesNeedle-like straight leaves with a length of 25 cm that are mostly found in clusters of five; thorny conesLeaves with a length of 25 cm that are found in clusters of more than five; no thorns on conesNeedle-like straight leaves that are mostly over 25 cm long and found in clusters of three; no thorns on cones60sBIOL.8b
- Q9Simple leaves have a single leaf on a petiole, or stem, while compound leaves have more than one leaflet on a petiole. This unknown leaf can be identified using the dichotomous key. Which tree does the unknown leaf come from?Ungnadia speciosaSalix nigraSophora secundifloraQuercus laceyi60sBIOL.8b
- Q10The classifications of four trees are shown in the table. Which two trees are the most closely related?Lodgepole pine and Japanese mapleJapanese maple and Taiwan beechTaiwan catkin yew and lodgepole pineTaiwan beech and Taiwan catkin yew60sBIOL.8b
- Q11A student used a microscope to study four members of the phylum Ciliophora. Members of this phylum move when propelled by hundreds of tiny cilia. Although these organisms belong to the same phylum, they are classified as different -familiesorderskingdomsspecies60sBIOL.8b
- Q12The relationships among different orders of millipedes are shown in the cladogram.Based on this cladogram, which statement best describes relationships among millipede orders?Polyzoniida is more closely related to Glomeridesmida than Sphaerotheriida is to Glomeridesmida.Merocheta is more closely related to Glomeridesmida than Glomerida is to Glomeridesmida.Spirostreptida is more closely related to Glomerida than Sphaerotheriida is to Glomerida.Stemmiulida is more closely related to Merocheta than Penicillata is to Merocheta.60sBIOL.8b
