List the major taxonomic ranks in order

Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

What is Biodiversity?

The variety of plant and animal life in a habitat

individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding

What primary features separate round worms (Nematoda) from all other groups of animals

Triploblasty, Bilateral symmetry, pseudocoelom, Tubular Body

What primary features separate insects (arthropods) from all other groups of animals

Triploblasty, Bilateral symmetry Jointed appendages, Chitin

what group of fishes are recognised as the ancestors of amphibians?

bony fishes > lobe finned fishes

Whatare the four Eras of GEOLOGICAL time?

Pre-cambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

Name the marine and terrestrial ecosystems that cover the largest area of the earth’s surface?

forests deserts grasslands tundra sandy-beaches coral-reefs

What primary features separate sponges (Porifera) from all other groups of animals?

Simplest animals, Multicell, Filter food, No distinct cell

What is the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell?

A + B, Prokaryotic cells have no nuclei, organelles or cytoskeleton, Eukaryota are complex cells

what are the 4 classes of Mollusks

Polyplacophora Gastropoda Bivalvia Cephalopoda

What are palustrine wetlands?

temporary non-riverine fresh waters

what is landscape ecology?

Relationship between ecological processes in the environment

Animals are__eukaryotic organisms which__cell walls and__the capacity to photosynthesise.

Multicellular - Do not have - Do not have.

What type of animal interaction is commensalism?

one organism benefits the other is unharmed

Ecology is the study of living organisms..

relationships b/w their environment and each other

Phylogenetic classification is a classification of:

organisms based on their evolution/histories/relationships.

what is an ecological community?

group of native organisms that interact in a unique habitat.

what are the 4 classes of echinoderms

Asteroidea Ophiuroidea Holothuroidea Echinoidea

List four classes in the phylum of Platyhelminthes

Turbellaria Monogenea Trematoda Cestoda

both organisms derive a mutual benefit

What primary features separate flatworms (platyhelminthes) from all other groups of animals

3 Cell Layers, no coelom, bilateral symmetry, mouth=bum

List four classes in the phylum of cnidaria

Anthozoa Cubozoa Hydrozoa Scyphozoa

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What is the closet living land relative to whales and dolphins?
hippopotamus
Livyatan melvillei
pakicetus
Dunkleosteus
2
List the major taxonomic ranks in order
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
Domain Kingdom Phylum Genus Family Class Order Family
Domain Kingdom Phylum Potato Patato Tomato Tamato
Domain Kingdom Phylum Order Class Genus Species
3
What is Biodiversity?
A community made up of living organisms
What I call the expired left overs in my fridge
is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems
The variety of plant and animal life in a habitat
4
What period is referred to as the "Age of fishes"?
Carboniferous
Silurian
Devonian
Triassic
5
What animal phylum do corals belong to?
Cnidera
Analidia
Echinodermata
Porferia
6
What is a species?
2 or more of the same creature
combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds
individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
a trilogy of terrible horror movies
7
What primary features separate round worms (Nematoda) from all other groups of animals
3 Cell Layers, no coelom, bilateral symmetry, mouth=bum
Triploblasty, Bilateral symmetry Jointed appendages, Chitin
Triploblasty, Bilateral symmetry, pseudocoelom, Tubular Body
Radial symetry, Stinging cells, Mouth=bum, 2 part life cycle
8
What period is referred to as "The age of mammals"?
Tertiary
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Permian
9
What primary features separate insects (arthropods) from all other groups of animals
Triploblasty, Bilateral symmetry Jointed appendages, Chitin
Simplest animals, Multicell, Filter food, No distinct cell
3 Cell Layers, no coelom, bilateral symmetry, mouth=bum
Triploblastic, Bilateral symmetry, Segmentation, Coelom
10
What period is referred to as "The age of reptiles"?
Jurassic
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Triassic
11
what group of fishes are recognised as the ancestors of amphibians?
Ray Finned fishes
bony fishes > lobe finned fishes
12
Name the marine and terrestrial ecosystems that support greatest diversity?
rainforests, coral reefs
Mangroves, savannas
Grass lands, tundra
rainforests, mangroves
13
Whatare the four Eras of GEOLOGICAL time?
Pre-cambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
Jurassic, Cretaceous, Triassic, Silurian
Mesozoic, Devonian, Jurassic, Cretaceous
Cambrian, Ordovician, Permian, Jurassic
14
What animal phylum do humans belong to?
Porferia
Echinodermata
Nematodes
Chordata
15
Name the marine and terrestrial ecosystems that cover the largest area of the earth’s surface?
ice tundra deserts ocean coral-reefs
forests deserts grasslands tundra sandy-beaches coral-reefs
Deserts ocean forests ice
Cairns Brisbane Sydney Perth
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What primary features separate sponges (Porifera) from all other groups of animals?
Radial symetry, Stinging cells, Mouth=bum, 2 part life cycle
Triploblastic, Bilateral symmetry, Segmentation, Coelom
3 Cell Layers, no coelom, bilateral symmetry, mouth=bum
Simplest animals, Multicell, Filter food, No distinct cell
17
What animal phylum do flatworms belong to?
Nematodes
Chordata
Analidia
Platyhelminthes
18
What is the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell?
Prokaryotic cells are larger than Eukaryota
A + B
Prokaryotic cells have no nuclei, organelles or cytoskeleton
Eukaryota are complex cells
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what are the 4 classes of Mollusks
Arachnida Diplopoda Entognatha Chilopoda
Polyplacophora Gastropoda Bivalvia Cephalopoda
Asteroidea Ophiuroidea Holothuroidea Echinoidea
Anthozoa Cubozoa Hydrozoa Scyphozoa
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What are palustrine wetlands?
temporary non-riverine fresh waters
oceans
moving rivers
still Lakes
21
what is landscape ecology?
deals with the dynamics of species populations
Relationship between ecological processes in the environment
visible features of an area of land
cake
22
Animals are__eukaryotic organisms which__cell walls and__the capacity to photosynthesise.
Large - May possess - Have
Complex - Do not have - Require
Smelly - Eat - Want
Multicellular - Do not have - Do not have.
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What type of animal interaction is commensalism?
species that live with, on, or inside each other
both organisms derive a mutual benefit
one organism benefits the other is harmed
one organism benefits the other is unharmed
24
What is a food web?
Answers 1&2
interlocking food chains in an ecosystem which represent
The transfer of energy from plants to top carnivore
A full spiders web
25
Ecology is the study of living organisms..
relationships b/w their environment and each other
That covers their morphology, physiology, anatomy.
that live in salt water.
societies and cultures and their development
26
List two phyla that contain parasitic animals
cnidaria arthropoda
arthropoda porifera
nematoda mollusca
platyhelminthes nematoda
27
Phylogenetic classification is a classification of:
Animals and their behaviors.
How pedo a pedophile can be.
Organisms relationships with their environment.
organisms based on their evolution/histories/relationships.
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what is an ecological community?
group of native organisms that interact in a unique habitat.
Animal ecology students
group that diverge from its original species
Relationship between ecological processes in the environment
29
what are the 4 classes of echinoderms
Arachnida Diplopoda Entognatha Chilopoda
Turbellaria Monogenea Trematoda Cestoda
Polyplacophora Gastropoda Bivalvia Cephalopoda
Asteroidea Ophiuroidea Holothuroidea Echinoidea
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What period is referred to as the "Age of invertebrates?
Cambrian
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Devonian
Triassic
31
List four classes in the phylum of Platyhelminthes
Polyplacophora Gastropoda Bivalvia Cephalopoda
Turbellaria Monogenea Trematoda Cestoda
Arachnida Diplopoda Entognatha Chilopoda
Anthozoa Cubozoa Hydrozoa Scyphozoa
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What primary features separate sea stars (echinoderms) from all other groups of animals
Pentaradial Symmetry
Radial symmetry
Cubed shaped animals
Bilateral symmetry
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What are the three domains of life?
Earth, wind, and fire
Kingdom, Phylum, Class
Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
Mollusca, porifera, cnidaria
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What animal phylum do insects belong to?
Arthropoda
Platyhelminthes
Mollusca
Analidia
35
what group of fishes are recognised as the ancestors of sharks and rays?
I spent 2 hours looking for straight answer for this
There are 50 right answers
Gnathostomata
And 50 wrong ones
36
What period is referred to as "The age of amphibians"?
Cambrian
Permian
Carboniferous
Jurassic
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What is mutualism?
both organisms derive a mutual benefit
Species that live with, on, or inside each other
one organism benefits the other is harmed
one organism benefits the other is unharmed
38
What primary features separate flatworms (platyhelminthes) from all other groups of animals
Radial symetry, Stinging cells, Mouth=bum, 2 part life cycle
Simplest animals, Multicell, Filter food, No distinct cell
3 Cell Layers, no coelom, bilateral symmetry, mouth=bum
Triploblastic, Bilateral symmetry, Segmentation, Coelom
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List four classes in the phylum of cnidaria
Anthozoa Cubozoa Hydrozoa Scyphozoa
Arachnida Diplopoda Entognatha Chilopoda
Turbellaria Monogenea Trematoda Cestoda
Polyplacophora Gastropoda Bivalvia Cephalopoda
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what group of reptiles are recognised as the ancestors of birds?
maniraptoran
Velociraptor
Theropods

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