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Is the correct foramt for the scientific name Anas Platyrychos correct? |
No; Anas platyrhychos |
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Which classification level would contain the greates number of species? |
Domain |
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Pelecanus ocidentalis is the scientific name of the brown pelican. Pelecanus is the ____name. |
Genus |
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How might the scientific name fo the bullfrog Rana catesbiana be abbreviated? |
R. catesbiana |
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What is a taxon? |
a formal taxonomic group at any level (e.g. phlum or genus) |
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About ____different species havre been described adn name to date. |
1.9 million |
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__________developed teh binomila system of nomenclature. |
carolus linneaus |
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the original two kingdoms that were established to organze living organisms were: |
plantae and animalia |
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the classification level of phylum is immediately "above" the level of the: |
class |
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closely related or similar genera are grouped into a single |
family |
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which classification level would be the least inclusive |
species |
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most biologists recognize how many domains? |
3 (archaea, bacteria and eukarya) |
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the first kingdom to be recognized beyond plantae and animalia was? |
protista |
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in the six-kingdom system, protozoa are classifies as ____? |
protista |
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fungi may be different from pants because fungi are? |
not photosynthetic |
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a ________character is a trait which has evolved relatively recently. |
shared ancestral character |
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humans, as well as otehr mammals ranging from mice to elephants have hair. Hair, then, would be considered to be a ______character. |
shared derived characer or synapomorphies |
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if a biologist classifies organisms based on number of similarities between taxa without considering differences in homoplasy and homologous traits, the _________system is being used |
classification |
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the study of organisms and there relationshp to one another is called __________: |
systematics |
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name some sources of variation in a popluation: |
1. mutation 2. recombination 3. immigration of genes |
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are autotrophs found in the kingdom animalia |
no |
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the phenetic approach to systematics is based primarily on: |
based on measurable similarities in phenotypic characters without consideration of homology or other evolutionary relationships |
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an organism which gains nourishment from dead organism is referred to as a : |
decomposer |
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list two kingdoms that contain decomposers |
bacteria and fungi |
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test |
test |
