Tree of Life
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- Q1What is true about our current classification system?It will change as we discover new evidenceIt will remain the same because we have discovered all organisms on Earth30s
- Q2What are the two parts of the binomial naming system?Genus and speciesFamily and orderFamily and genusOrder and species30s
- Q3The best evidence for a relationship between two species comes from. . .DNAPhysical characteristicsLiving speciesFossils30s
- Q4How many DOMAINS do we have in our current classification system?SixThreeOneTwo30s
- Q5How many KINGDOMS do we have in our classification system?SixFiveTwoThree30s
- Q6Which scientist is responsible for developing our current system of classification?Charles DarwinJean-Baptiste LamarckGregor MendelCarolus Linnaeus30s
- Q7The first life on Earth was probably. . .Prokaryotic, Autotrophic, and AnaerobicEukaryotic, Heterotrophic, and AnaerobicProkaryotic, Heterotrophic, and AnaerobicEukaryotic, Autotrophic, and Anaerobic30s
- Q8What process did the first autotrophic (can create their own food) cells use?ChemosynthesisPhotosynthesis30s
- Q9A diagram showing the evolutionary relationships between different organisms is called. . .Evolutionary TreePhylogenetic TreeAll of the aboveCladogram30s
- Q10Which of the following is the most broad level of classification?FamilyKingdomSpeciesPhlym30s
- Q11Which of the following is the most specific level of classification?OrderSpeciesFamilyGenus30s
- Q12Which of the following is the correct order of classification, from most broad to most specific?Species, Family, Genus, Class, Order, Kingdom, PhylumKingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, SpeciesSpecies, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, KingdomPhylum, Class, Kingdom, Order, Family, Genus, Species30s
- Q13Domains Bacteria and Archaea are. . .Eukaryotic CellsNot related to each other at allSingle-Celled OrganismsVery complex30s
- Q14Molecular data is another way to say . . .MorphologyFossilsDNAAnatomy30s
- Q15The process of prokaryotic cells developing into eukaryotic cells is called. . .RespirationPhotosynthesisPhagocytosisEndosymbiosis30s