Download TAXONOMY and EVOLUTION Test Review: Complete the following

TAXONOMY and EVOLUTION Test Review:
Complete the following on a separate sheet of paper
Taxonomy and Classification
1. Define: taxonomy.
2. Who created our modern scientific classification system?
3. What is the name of our scientific name system?
4. What are the levels of classification in order?
5. How are scientific names written?
6. Using a scientific name, how can you tell if two organisms are closely related?
7. What are the three domains and the 6 kingdoms that belong to them?
8. Define: Prokaryote and Eukaryote.
9. What is the advantage of sexual reproduction? Asexual reproduction?
10. Define: heterotrophic and autotrophic
11. What are the defining characteristics of each kingdom?
12. To what kingdom and domain do humans belong?
*** Know how to use a dichotomous key!***
Evolution and Fossils
13. Define: Evolution
14. How does evolution happen in nature?
15. What are the four pieces of evidence scientists use to support the theory of evolution?
16. What era takes up most of the history of earth? What era are we currently living in?
17. What are fossils?
18. What two ways are fossils dated? Explain each.
19. Describe the six types of fossils and give examples.
20. Describe/Define: ammonites, stromatolites, Petoskey stones
21. Define: spontaneous generation, biogenesis
22. Explain the endosymbiont theory and the evidence we have to support that theory.
Phylogenetic Trees
23. What is a phylogenetic tree?
24. How is a phylogenetic tree similar to a hypothesis?
25. How can you look at a phylogenetic tree and determine which organisms are most closely related?
26. How can you tell if an organism is extinct using a phylogenetic tree?
*** know how to interpret a phylogenetic tree!***
Comparative Anatomy
27. Define: Comparative Anatomy
28. Define and give an example of each: homologous structure, vestigial structure, analogous structure.
29. Which from #28 suggest common ancestry?
30. Define: embryology.
31. How does embryology support the theory of evolution?
Biochemistry
32. Define: Biochemistry
33. What are some examples of biochemicals?
34. Describe how the antibody/antigen reaction works. How does it show close relationships?
35. Using the following sequence of amino acids, determine which organisms are most closely related. (each letter
represents an amino acid)
Organism 1: G D V E K G K K I F V Q K C A Q C H T V E K G G K H K T G P N L N G L I G R K T G Q A
Organism 2: G D V E K G K K I F S M K C G T C H T V E E G G K H K T G P N L H G L F G R K T G Q A
Organism 3: G D V E K G K K I F V Q K C A Q C H T C E K G G K H K V G P N L Y G L I G R K T G Q A
*** Know how to use antibody/antigen results to determine evolutionary relationships***
DNA
36. What makes DNA different in different organisms?
37. What is a gel electrophoresis? Explain how it works and how it is used to determine evolutionary relationships.
*** Know how to use electrophoresis gel to determine evolutionary relationships***