Biology Unit 1- Quiz 3
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- A feature which identifies and distinguishes one living thing from another
- characteristic
- A two-choice sorting device used in taxonomy
- dichotomous key
- sorting device made up of a system of choices, as used in taxonomy
- key
- The word which means to cut into two parts
- dichotomy
- T OR F A key is a taxon.
- False
- T or F A key is used to identify a plant or animal
- True
- T or F Discerning between common characteristics is one advantage of a dichotomous key.
- True
- T or F Color, shape, size, and organization are all characteristics that help to identify organisms through a plant key
- True
- T or F A dichotomous key may be used to classify butterflies
- True
- Which statement is most correct regarding the difference between plants and animals?
- They are greatly different
- An organism which is capable of moving around its environment is considered to be:
- animal
- Tor F Both animals and plants depend upon a genetic code for reproduction
- True
- Both plants and animals share two broad characteristics of
- growth reproduction
- An organism which produces its food by photosynthesis
- usually will be placed in the Plantae Kingdom
- T or F All organisms classified in the Plantae Kingdom obtain their food by photosynthesis
- Flase
- A taxon ending in ophyta
- indicating the organism is a plant
- T or F A species designation should always include the genus
- True
- Which two taxa in the Animalia Kingdom can be recognized solely by their written construction
- family species
- If an Animalia taxon ends in "ata":
- Plylum
- T or F All taxonomic systems of classification use five kingdoms.
- F
- total number of plant species
- 400,000
- # of animal species
- million