SCMH 1010 EXAM 5; WHITT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
All life depends on: - ANS liquid water
Jan Baptiste Van Helmont's famous experiment incorrectly showed that plants produce most of
their mass from: - ANS water
The scientific name of the white oak tree is Quercus alba. In this name, the name Quercus refers
to the tree's: - ANS genus
The Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus based his system of classification upon: -
ANS observation of traits
Using what research method were the Archaea discovered? - ANS Molecular genetics
(DNA/RNA)
What is the correct order of the following, according to the Linnaean system of classification?
(From most general to most specific) - ANS domain, kingdom, phyla, class, order, family,
genus, species
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, Binomial nomenclature - ANS The use of 2 names as the scientific name for an organism.
developed by Carolus Linnaeus
The three domains of life are: - ANS Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
In modern taxonomy, the Eukaryotes include: - ANS trees, birds, humans, fungi
One possible ancestor to modern humans is named Homo erectus. Compared to modern
human beings, Homo erectus was a member of a different: - ANS species
Why is it so difficult to estimate how many species of insects there are on the Earth? -
ANS There is no central repository for information on new species on Earth, different
methods of estimating numbers yield widely varied results, and new species continue to be
discovered, and other species go extinct
If you discovered a new organism in deep oceanic hydrothermal vents and you were trying to
understand to which kingdom it belonged, what would be a first order question to answer? -
ANS How many cells does it have?
In the classification scheme of organisms, the next classification directly above order is: -
ANS class
What is the difference between the prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) and the eukaryotes? -
ANS Eukaryotes have a nucleus and specialized cell components; prokaryotes do not
Archaea and Bacteria are two separate domains of single-celled organisms that: - ANS do not
have a nucleus
Which is true of algae? - ANS They live in the ocean and photosynthesize
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
All life depends on: - ANS liquid water
Jan Baptiste Van Helmont's famous experiment incorrectly showed that plants produce most of
their mass from: - ANS water
The scientific name of the white oak tree is Quercus alba. In this name, the name Quercus refers
to the tree's: - ANS genus
The Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus based his system of classification upon: -
ANS observation of traits
Using what research method were the Archaea discovered? - ANS Molecular genetics
(DNA/RNA)
What is the correct order of the following, according to the Linnaean system of classification?
(From most general to most specific) - ANS domain, kingdom, phyla, class, order, family,
genus, species
@COPYRIGHT 2026/2027 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1
, Binomial nomenclature - ANS The use of 2 names as the scientific name for an organism.
developed by Carolus Linnaeus
The three domains of life are: - ANS Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
In modern taxonomy, the Eukaryotes include: - ANS trees, birds, humans, fungi
One possible ancestor to modern humans is named Homo erectus. Compared to modern
human beings, Homo erectus was a member of a different: - ANS species
Why is it so difficult to estimate how many species of insects there are on the Earth? -
ANS There is no central repository for information on new species on Earth, different
methods of estimating numbers yield widely varied results, and new species continue to be
discovered, and other species go extinct
If you discovered a new organism in deep oceanic hydrothermal vents and you were trying to
understand to which kingdom it belonged, what would be a first order question to answer? -
ANS How many cells does it have?
In the classification scheme of organisms, the next classification directly above order is: -
ANS class
What is the difference between the prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) and the eukaryotes? -
ANS Eukaryotes have a nucleus and specialized cell components; prokaryotes do not
Archaea and Bacteria are two separate domains of single-celled organisms that: - ANS do not
have a nucleus
Which is true of algae? - ANS They live in the ocean and photosynthesize
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