Classification of Organisms
How are organisms classified?
What is by common characteristics
What are the three domains that we use to classify organisms today?
Which biome is known as the most biodiverse?
What is the tropical rain forest
What are the levels on an energy pyramid called?
What are trophic levels
What is homozygous recessive
What is another word for classification?
What is taxonomy
What is the defining characteristic of the archaeabacteria kingdom that sets it apart?
What is being able to survive in harsh conditions.
What is the ocean biome
The following is a food chain found in the taiga:
seeds --> snowshoe hare --> wolf
What role does the snowshoe hare have in this food chain?
What is primary consumer
What terms means "a change in an organism's characteristics over time that helps it survive and reproduce in its environment "
What is adaptation
What is the most specific classification category?
What kingdoms are found in the domain eukaryra?
What are protista, fungi, plantae (plants), and animalia (animals)
What type of water is found in an estuary?
What is brackish water (mix of salt and fresh water)
"a complex network of interconnected food chains within an ecosystem that illustrates how energy and nutrients flow through a community" is known as this term
What is a food web
What two words complete this statement:
"Permafrost, cold temperatures, and dry climate are all ____ factors of the ____ biome"
What are abiotic and tundra
What tool do scientists use to classify organisms?
What is a dichotomous key
An organism is found to be a multicellular heterotroph that can produce sexually or asexually. What kingdom does it belong to?
What biome is known for extreme temperatures, receives less than 25 cm of rainfall, and is inhabited by nocturnal animals?
What is the desert
The following is a food chain found in the savanna:
grass --> zebra --> lion
If the grass makes 1500 units of energy, how many units of energy will the lion consume?
What is 15 units of energy
What body systems are being described below:
1) delivers nutrients throughout the body
2) protects internal organs
3) intakes oxygen
What are the cardiovascular system, the skeletal system, and the respiratory system.
The wild dog (lycaon pictus), the coyote (canis latrans), the fox (vulpes vulpes), and the wolf (canis lupis) are all closely related species. Which two animals have the most characteristics in common?
What is the coyote and the wolf.
What is the order of kingdoms from MOST to LEAST complex?
What are the two defining characteristics of the temperate forest?
What is experiences all four seasons and has deciduous trees
The following is a food chain found in the rainforest:
leaves --> caterpillar --> frog --> snake --> jaguar
What percent of the original amount of energy is consumed by the jaguar?
What is .01% (a hundredth of a percent)
Black fur is dominant over brown fur in cats. If a heterozygous black cat is crossed with a brown cat. What is the percent chance that the offspring will have black fur?
What is 50%