AP Biology (Mader), 11th Edition

Chapter 19: Systematics and Phylogeny

Pre-Test

1
The branch of biology that is concerned with identifying, naming and classifying organisms is called _____.
A)taxidermy
B)ecology
C)systematics
D)taxonomy
2
The binomial system of naming species was developed by _____.
A)Mendel
B)Linnaeus
C)Darwin
D)Watson and Crick
3
The evolutionary history of a group of organisms is a:
A)taxon
B)specific epithet
C)derived trait
D)phylogeny
4
To identify species by comparing a short fragment of DNA sequence from an unknown organism to a large database of sequences from known organisms is specifically known as:
A)DNA barcoding
B)Systematics
C)Parsimony
D)Transformation
5
All of the following statements about cladistics are true EXCEPT:
A)Cladistics uses shared, derived traits to develop cladograms.
B)In cladistics, hypotheses are developed about the evolutionary history of organisms.
C)A cladogram is a definitive, unchanging representation of the evolutionary history of organisms.
D)Cladistics applies the principle of parsimony.
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