MAHAY INTEGRATED SECONDARY SCHOOL 7.

A major problem with polynomial names was that they were

A) inaccurate
SUMMATIVE TEST B) cumbersome
Science 8 C) not descriptive
D) in Latin
Quarter 3
E) in Greek
Module 3–Periodic Table of Elements 8. The plant alternation of generations is characterized by _______________
meiosis.
Name:_____________________________ Score: ____________________ A) zygotic
B) somatic
Multiple Choice C) sporic
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. D) generic
1. A group of organisms at any particular level in a classification system is called a E) gametic
A) species 9. When writing species epithets, it is sometimes permissible to abbreviate the
B) genus _______________ name.
C) taxon A) species
D) phylum B) phylum
2. Scientific names higher than genus are C) order
A) capitalized but not printed distinctively, italicized, or underlined D) family
B) italicized or underlined E) genus
C) capitalized and italicized or underlined 10. True multicellularity occurs only in
D) italicized or underlined with the first word capitalized A) animals
3.As a practical definition of species, one can say that they are a group of organisms B) eukaryotes
characterized by all of the following except they C) plants and animals
A) do not normally interbreed with other species in nature D) plants, animals and protists
B) can be distinguished from other species E) plants, animals and fungi
C) are incapable of hybridization with other species 11. A related group of genera comprise
D) remain relatively constant A) an order
4. The institution of the classification level of domain was prompted by B) a family
A) the overabundance of kingdoms C) a class
B) cladistics D) a phylum
C) great differences among bacteria E) a division
D) the taxonomic problem presented by viruses 12. Prokaryotic organisms make up the
5. Viruses are denied a kingdom of their own because A) Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, and Protists
A) they are too poorly understood B) Archaebacteria and Protists
B) they are too small C) Protists and Eubacteria
C) their genetics cannot be determined D) Protists
D) they are not organisms E) Eubacteria and Archaebacteria
6. Viruses are assigned to the kingdom 13. In the current taxonomic system, families are grouped into
A) Archaebacteria A) classes
B) Protista B) phyla
C) Eubacteria C) orders
D) Fungi D) divisions
E) none of the above E) kingdoms
14. Of the six kingdoms now recognized, 21. A kingdom that also comprises a domain is
A) two are plants and four are animals A) Eubacteria
B) four are eukaryotes and two are prokaryotes B) Protista
C) four are macroscopic and two are microscopic C) Fungi
D) two are eukaryotes and four are prokaryotes D) Prokaryota
E) two are carnivorous and four are herbivorous E) none of the above
15. In plant taxonomy, a division is the equivalent to _______________ . 22. The oldest level of taxonomic classification is
A) family A) class
B) order B) family
C) class C) genus
D) phylum D) phylum
E) kingdom E) species
16. Unicellular eukaryotes are grouped into 23. Multicellular organisms and unicellular yeasts are contained in
A) Fungi and protists A) Animalia
B) Fungi and Eubacteria B) Plantae
C) only protists C) Protista
D) only Fungi D) Fungi
E) Fungi, protists, and Eubacteria E) Eubacteria
17. In printed scientific names, only the _______________ is capitalized. 24. Throughout the world, official species names are in
A) family A) Latin
B) class B) Greek
C) species C) English
D) kingdom D) French
E) genus E) the native language
18. In the early 1700's, the classification system used was 25. A taxon consisting of the most closely related species is called a(n)
A) polynomial ________________.
B) pentanomial A) family
C) binomial B) order
D) tetranomial C) genus
E) trinomial D) phylum
19. In printing scientific names, it is conventional for only the _______________ to 26. Modern biologists prefer to perceive the phylogenetic tree of organisms as
be underlined or italicized. multibranched, rather than linear, with no particular species being "higher", or
A) binomial superior, to another.
B) genus A) True
C) species B) False
D) division 27. The binomial system of classification was developed by:
E) kingdom A) Darwin
20. Characteristics that have arisen as a result of common evolutionary descent are B) Wallace
said to be C) Linnaeus
A) analogous D) Malthus
B) homogenous E) none of the above
C) heterogamous
D) homologous
E) contiguous
28. Which one of the following sequences shows the correct hierarchy of
classification, going from the most inclusive to the least inclusive?
A) Kingdom, Domain, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, Species
B) Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
C) Genus, Species, Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family
D) Species, Genus, Family, Class, Order, Phylum, Kingdom
E) Domain, Phylum, Kingdom, Genus, Species, Family, Order, Class
29. You might find methanogens:
A) in swamps
B) in a cow's stomach
C) in marshes
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

30. Cladistic taxonomy places the birds as Archosaurs, along with the:
A) mammals
B) crocodilians
C) turtles
D) snakes
E) none of the above
31. Polynomial classification has recently begun to replace the binomial system.
A) True
B) False
32. The scientific name is derived from the genus and species to which an organism
belongs.
A) True
B) False
33. Biologists currently recognize three kingdoms: Plants, Animals, and Protists.
A) True
B) False
34. A cladogram conveys information about ancestors and descendants of an
organism.
A) True
B) False
35The separation of the Archaebacteria into a separate domain indicates
A) that these organisms are very different from eubacteria and from
eukaryotes
B) that organisms should never be classified according to how they
appear (morphological characteristics)
C) that early taxonomists rushed to classify them without closely
examining them
D) that optical viewing techniques have greatly improved so that we
can better view these microorganisms
E) none of the above