Biology Test Part 2
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- A feature which identifies and distinguishes one living thing from another
- characteristic
- A two-choice sorting device used in taxonomy
- dichotomus Key
- A sorting device made up of a system of choices, as used in taxonomy
- key
- The word which means to cut into two parts
- dichotomy
- Both plants and animals share two broad characteristics of
- growth and reproduction
- Aniristicsmal Characte
- segmented, skeletons, teeth, digestive system, locomotion
- List some of the characteristics common to plants and animals which relate to growth and reproduction.
- cells, protoplasm, DNA, genes, age, response to stimuli, food
- An organism which produces its food by photosynthesis:
- usually is in the Plantae Kingdom
- T or F All organisms classified in the Plantae Kingdom obtain their food by photosynthesis.
- False
- A taxon ending in ophyta:
- is a plant
- Which two taxa in the Animalia Kingdom can be recognized solely by their written construction?
- family, species
- If an Animalia taxon ends in "ata":
- it must be a phylum
- T or F All taxonomic systems of classification use five kingdoms.
- false
- Which division of the plant kingdom includes club mosses?
- Lycophyta
- Which phylum of the animal kingdom includes sea urchins?
- Echinodermata
- Which division of the plant kingdom includes the ferns?
- Pteridopsida
- Sphenopsida is a division that includes which plant?
- horsetails
- Which phylum of the animal kingdom includes the squids?
- mollusca
- Which phylum of the animal kingdom includes lobsters?
- anthropoda
- Which phylum of the animal kingdom includes all organisms which possess a spine (backbone)?
- chordata
- The largest plant division which includes the vascular plants is:
- tracheophyta
- The total number of plant species is about
- 40000
- The total number of animal species is about
- 1 million
- A list of choices that follows in a sequence for identification is a(n)
- dichotomous
- When there are two choices for each level of the sequence for identification, that classifying tool is called a
- dichotomous key
- An organism which does not react or is very slow to respond to stimuli is possibly a
- plant