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Intro to Zoology TeSt Review
NAME________________
1. Review Vocab from Organizer
2. What are the basic characteristics of all animals?
3. Why is it important to classify and give organisms a scientific name?
4. What is taxonomy?
5. What language was used to name organisms?
6. What is the two word naming system called?
7-9. What are the three rules of the system?
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10.Who was responsible for creating the naming system and the 7 taxonomic categories?
11. The first word is the genus of the organism. What is the second?
12. What is a taxon?
13. Name Linnaeus’ 7 taxonomic categories from largest to smallest.
14. Why is it important to have a universal scientific name for an organism?
15. What tool do scientists use to identify the scientific name of an organism?
16. How many choices exist at each step?__Make sure you know how to use one of these tools.
17. How is evolutionary classification different from traditional classification?
TraditionalModern
Evidence used _______________________
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Categories ____________________________ ____________________________
18. What is a derived character? ___________________________________? What can they be used to
construct?____________
19. Are similarities in DNA and RNA more likely to show relationships between organisms than physical
characteristics?
20. What is a molecular clock used for?
21. Molecular analyses have given rise to a new taxonomic category. What is it?
Is this category more general than the kingdom category?
22.What domain does Kingdom Animalia belong to?
23. Who is the naturalist that came up with the mechanism for evolution?_____________
24. What process leads to evolution?
25. What are homologous structures?
26. Give examples of homologous structures.
27. What is a cladogram?
28. What is natural selection?
29. a)Over time, does natural selection result in changes of the inherited characteristics of a population?
b)_____ If these changes occur in a population, this can lead to ________________- one group remaining
separate long enough to produce a new species.
30. What type of organism are primates most closely related to according to the cladogram?
31.Are crocodiles more closely related to amphibians or dinosaurs and birds?_____________
32. According to the cladogram, did amphibians evolve from fish?_____
33. What are the new characteristics that show up in a lineage called?_______________
34. What are 4 examples of these traits on this cladogram?
35. What type of animals have vertebrae, but do not have a bony skeleton?
36. What type have vertebrae, four limbs, and amniotic egg, and hair?
37.Porifera- _____________________
38. Describe characteristics of sponges.
39. What type of cell in sponges helps capture food?
40. What type of cell is used as the sponges’ skeleton?
41. Name and describe the three body types of sponges.
42. Name and describe the three classes of sponges?
43, How do sponges reproduce asexually?
44. How do sponges reproduce sexually?
45. Describe the lifestyle of a sponge.
46. Why are sponges so important?
47. Study sponge diagrams and make sure you can label parts (including lab drawings of three types of
spicules.)