OCE 1001 Chapter 12 Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that range in complexity from simple sponges to
complex vertebrates belong to the kingdom:
Answer: Animalia
Question 2: A good working definition of like does not need to incorporate that living things ________.
Answer: contain carbon in their chemical makeup
Question 3: The single most important factor that determines the distribution of life in the oceanic
province is ________.
Answer: sunlight
Question 4: Which of the following domains includes simple life-forms with cells that usually lack a
nucleus?
Answer: Bacteria
Question 5: Which of the following domains includes complex organisms: multicellular plants,
multicellular animals, fungi, and protoctists?
Answer: Eukarya
Question 6: Humans are part of which of the following domains?
Answer: Eukarya
Question 7: The fundamental unit of taxonomic classification is the ________.
Answer: Species
Question 8: "Eukarya" is a ________.
Answer: Domain
Question 9: The first (capitalized) word of an organism's two-part scientific name denotes the
________.
Answer: genus
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, Question 10: Which of the following is the correct order for the taxonomic classification of living
things?
Answer: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Question 11: The scientist who in 1758 created a system that is the basis of the modern system of
classification of organisms is ________.
Answer: Carolus Linnaeus
Question 12: The scientific discipline concerned with naming and grouping organisms is called
________.
Answer: taxonomic classification
Question 13: The two most specific groupings in taxonomic classification are ________.
Answer: genus and species
Question 14: The correct sequence of taxonomic groupings, from the most to the least comprehensive, is
________.
Answer: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
Question 15: Which of the following is the correct genus and species name of the common dolphin, a
marine mammal?
Answer: Delphinus delphis
Question 16: What is symbiosis?
Answer: groups of organisms living together for mutual benefit
Question 17: Archaea are also known as which of the following?
Answer: extremophiles
Question 18: Eukaryotes include which of the following?
Answer: Fungi, Plantae, Protista
Question 19: In which kingdom does marine kelp belong?
Answer: Protista
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Question 1: Multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that range in complexity from simple sponges to
complex vertebrates belong to the kingdom:
Answer: Animalia
Question 2: A good working definition of like does not need to incorporate that living things ________.
Answer: contain carbon in their chemical makeup
Question 3: The single most important factor that determines the distribution of life in the oceanic
province is ________.
Answer: sunlight
Question 4: Which of the following domains includes simple life-forms with cells that usually lack a
nucleus?
Answer: Bacteria
Question 5: Which of the following domains includes complex organisms: multicellular plants,
multicellular animals, fungi, and protoctists?
Answer: Eukarya
Question 6: Humans are part of which of the following domains?
Answer: Eukarya
Question 7: The fundamental unit of taxonomic classification is the ________.
Answer: Species
Question 8: "Eukarya" is a ________.
Answer: Domain
Question 9: The first (capitalized) word of an organism's two-part scientific name denotes the
________.
Answer: genus
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, Question 10: Which of the following is the correct order for the taxonomic classification of living
things?
Answer: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Question 11: The scientist who in 1758 created a system that is the basis of the modern system of
classification of organisms is ________.
Answer: Carolus Linnaeus
Question 12: The scientific discipline concerned with naming and grouping organisms is called
________.
Answer: taxonomic classification
Question 13: The two most specific groupings in taxonomic classification are ________.
Answer: genus and species
Question 14: The correct sequence of taxonomic groupings, from the most to the least comprehensive, is
________.
Answer: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
Question 15: Which of the following is the correct genus and species name of the common dolphin, a
marine mammal?
Answer: Delphinus delphis
Question 16: What is symbiosis?
Answer: groups of organisms living together for mutual benefit
Question 17: Archaea are also known as which of the following?
Answer: extremophiles
Question 18: Eukaryotes include which of the following?
Answer: Fungi, Plantae, Protista
Question 19: In which kingdom does marine kelp belong?
Answer: Protista
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