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sbi3u, chapter 1 quiz, diversity, classification
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1
The science of identifying and classifying all organisms is called____________________.
botany
biology
taxonomy
phylogeny
2
Which organism is the closest relative of the snowy owl (
Bubo scandiacus
)?
barn owl (Tyto alba)
eastern screech owl (Megascops asio)
burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)
great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
3
Which species concept focuses on the ability of organisms to interbreed in nature?
morphological
biological
taxonomic
phylogenetic
4
Differences in hair, skin, eye colour, and adult height are examples_____________ diversity.
ecosystem
species
genetic
human
5
Which species concept might have led to these butterflies being classified as the same species
Linnaean
biological
morphological
phylogenetic
6
Which statement about binomial nomenclature is
false
?
Both the genus the species names are capitalized
The first word is the genus, the second is the speices
An organism's scientific name is two words
The scientific name is italicized if typed
7
Which term describes an ID tool that uses a series of two-part choices?
dichotomous key
taxonomic key
binomial nomenclature
phylogenetic tree
8
Plants are examples of
heterotrophs
True
False
9
Which species concept focuses on the evolutionary relationships among organisms?
morphological
hierarchial
phylogenetic
biological
10
In the Linnaean system, which level of classification is Animalia an example of?
genus
class
kingdom
order
11
George saw a bird with an elongated bill. Use the key to see which bird could
not
be the bird.
ibis
eagle
spoonbill
heron
12
In Linnaeus’s binomial naming system, the first name is always the
genus
name
True
False
13
Bruce saw bird with a straight, elongated bill that was uniform in width. Use key to identify.
cardinal
heron
eagle
ibis
14
An organism that cannot make its own food is called a(n) __________________
exotroph
autotroph
plant
heterotroph
15
What is the highest taxonomic level?
class
kingdom
phylum
domain
16
In Linnaeus’s binomial naming system, the second name is always what?
genus
class
phylum
species
17
Which of the following choices lists the eight taxa in order from lowest to highest?
kingdom,phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
kingdom,phylum, class, species, genus, family, and order
species,genus, family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom
order,family, genus, species, class, phylum, and kingdom
18
Which kingdom has species whose cells do not have cell walls?
Bacteria
Plantae
Animalia
Archaea