Question | Answer |
The most general and largest category in Linnaeus's system is? | The Kingdom |
In the scientific version of a species name, which of the terms is capitalized? | The first term only |
Several different classes make up a? | Phylum |
Which kingdom contains heterotrophs with cell walls of chitin? | Fungi |
A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit is? | Mulualism |
What do all organisms have inc ommon? | They use DNA and RNA to pass on information |
A wolf pack hunts, kills and feeds on a moose. In this interaction, the wolves are? | Predators |
An organism's niche is? | The range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which it uses those conditions. |
The symbiotic relationship between a flower and the insect that feeds on it's nectar is an example of? | Mutualism because the flower provides the insect with food and the insect pollinates the flower. |
Similar genes are evidence of? | Common ancestry |
Based on their names, you know that the baboons Papio annubis and Papio cynocephalus do NOT belong to the same? | species |
A genus is composed of a number of related? | Species |
An organism that uses energy to produce it's own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(n)? | autotroph |
A snake that eats a frog that has eaten an insect that fed on a plant is a? | third-level consumer |
All organisms in the kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia are? | eukaryotes |
Which biome is characterized by very low temperatures, little precipitation, and permafrost? | Tundra |
What is one difference between primary and secondary succession? | Secondary succession begins on soil and primary succession begins on newly exposed surfaces. |
A bird stalks, kills and then eats an insect. Based on its behavior, which ecological terms describe the bird? | Carnivore, consumer |
Each of the following is an abiotic factor in the environment EXCEPT? | plant life |
The simplest grouping of more than one kind of organism in the biosphere is? | A community |
The domain that contains unicellular organisms that live in extreme environments is? | Bacteria |
The series of predictable changes that occurs in a community over time is called? | ecological succession |
What is the original source of amost all the energy in most ecosystems? | Sunlight |
Scientists assign each type of organism a universally accepted name in the system known as? | binomial nomenclature |
What animals eat both producers and consumers? | omnivores |
Which of the following descriptions about the organization of an ecosystem is correct? | Species make up populations, which make up communities. |
Which tow biomes have the least amount of precipitation? | Tundra and desert |
Primary succession can begin after? | a lava flow |
The branch of biology dealing with interactions among organisms and between organisms and the environment is called? | Ecology |
Plants are? | producers |
All of the members of a particular species that live in one area are called a(n)? | poplulation |
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a food web? | trophiclevel |
A combined portions of Earth in which all living things exist is called the? | biosphere |
All the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem make up a food? | web |
Corn planted in a field that has been previously planted with legumes and then plowed under is likely to be? | More productive because bacteria living on the roots of legumes fix nitrogen in the soil. |
A predator can increase the numbers of certain species in its habitat by? | Killing an eating the competitors of other species. |
Biologists use a classification system to group organisms in part because organisms? | are very numerous and diverse |