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