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- 1. Multiple Choice
Darwin theorized that organisms with advantageous traits or abilities will be more likely to survive and reproduce. This theory is known as
evolution
speciation
adaptation
natural selection
- 2. Multiple Choice
Genetic differences between organisms of the same species
Variation
Adaptation
Behavior
Environment
- 3. Multiple ChoiceMutations are important because they bring aboutdeath of the organism in which they developgenetic variation needed for a population to evolvebenefits for the individual, not for the populationHardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?
natural selection
inheritance
artificial selection
descent withOUT modification
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe gradual change in species over time is...EvolutionNucleotideAdaptationNatural Selection
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, SpeciesDomain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, OrderDomain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, SpeciesOrder, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
- 7. Multiple ChoiceTerm given to describe the 2 name naming system is:dichotmous keybinomial nomenclature2 scientific namesbinomial key
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?Carl LinnaeusCarl's Jr.Charles DarwinHenry Groseclose
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:GeologyBiologyTaxonomyChemistry
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe scientific name for an organism is made from the:class and family namegenus and species namedomain and kingdom namekingdom and phylum name
- 11. Multiple Choice
Canis lupus, the scientific name for a wolf, is in which genus?
Canis
lupus
Animalia
Mammalia
- 12. Multiple Choice
What scientific name is correct?
Quercus Alba
Quercus alba
quercus Alba
quercus alba
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following organisms is M. erminea?
A
B
C
D
E
- 14. Multiple Choice
Based on the dichotomous key, which bird is Certhidea? (Slender = thin; stout= round)
Bird W
Bird X
Bird Y
Bird Z
- 15. Multiple Choice
A
B
C
D
- 16. Multiple Choice
Reasons that viruses are considered to be nonliving is because
They are not cellular
They cannot reproduce on their own
They cannot make proteins
all of the above
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat do viruses need to reproduce?they need genetic materialThey need a host cellThey need bacteriaThey need insulin
- 18. Multiple ChoiceLiving Things are made of cells.TrueFalse
- 19. Multiple ChoiceMovement is not a characteristic of a living thing.TrueFalse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceBacteria are considered living things.TrueFalse
- 21. Multiple ChoiceYou (a human) breathe in oxygen, and breathe out carbon dioxide. This is an example of which characteristic of life?nutritionsensitivityrespiration
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich characteristic of life would be represented by a baby giraffe getting taller?growthrespirationexcretion
- 23. Multiple Choice
Scientist agree that viruses are living things.
True
False
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