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Describe survival of the fittest using an example.
various answers.
100
What two parts of taxa system are needed to give an organism a name using binomial nomenclature?
What are the genus and species.
100
Which kingdom is comprised of heterotrophs which obtain energy and nutrients from dead organic matter? They also have cell walls made of chitin.
What is Fungi.
100
What did Charles Darwin write a book about?
What is natural selection/Evolution
100
Can two species have a similar common name?
What is no.
200
The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce is called what?
What is fitness.
200
What is the correct order for the 7 levels of taxonomy? (start with the least inclusive group)
What is kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
200
The kingdom of multicellular photosynthetic autotrophs that have cell walls containing cellulose is
What is kingdom Plantae.
200
Scientists assign each kind of organism a universally accepted name in the system known as...
What is binomial nomenclature.
200
Can two species have a similar scientific name? If so, how?
What is yes because they can belong to the same genus.
300
What is a vestigial structure? Give an example.
What is a structure that once was used but is no longer needed. Ex. appendix
300
What is taxonomy?
What is the science of classifying organisms.
300
Which kingdoms are eukaryotic and which are prokaryotic?
Eukaryotic=Animal, plant, fungi, protist Prokaryotic=Eubacteria and archaebacteria
300
Describe Lamarck's theory of use and disuse.
New organs in a species appear as a result of species using or not using body structures.
300
In the scientific version of a species name, which of the terms is capitalized?
What is the first term, the Genus.
400
What is the theory of natural selection?
What is organisms that are best adapted to their environment will survive and reproduce.
400
What are the three domains?
What is eukarya, archaea and bacteria.
400
Which kingdom consists of extremophiles that can live in harsh environments?
What is Archae bacteria.
400
What is the name of the book that Charles Darwin published after his voyage?
What is On the Origin of Species.
400
What is a dichotomous key?
What is a series of paired statements that describe the physical characteristics of different organisms in order to identify a species.
500
What is a homologous structure? What does it indicate between two species?
What are two structures that are similar in different species and it indicated a common ancestor.
500
The three-domain system recognizes fundamental differences between two groups of...
What are prokaryotes
500
Give an example of an organisms from Kingdom Protista.
What are amoeba, paramecium, flagellates.
500
Jen-Baptiste Lamarck proposed what two theories?
What are Inheritance of acquired traits and use and disuse.
500
In Linnaeus's system of classification, how many taxonomic categories were there?
What are 7.