BIOL 101 Quiz 8 Liberty University

1. Species of organisms are collected into a Genus by
2. Baleen whales use _______ to prey on herring fish.
3. A Genus of organisms differs from a species of organisms in what way? The Genus group
4. The large eukaryote, Amoeba proteus belongs to the large “Group” Amoebozoa because
5. The microbe, Paramecium aurelium belongs to the large “Group” Alveolata because it
6. The large “Group” Excavata contains the nasty parasite
7. Interspecific competition is defined as
8. The diatom, Ellerbeckia arenaria belongs to the large “Group” Stramenopiles because it
9. Which of the following is one of the seven basic characteristics used to classify living things?
10. The state of flux in modern systematic groupings could best be described as/seen in
11. An evolutionary theorist believes that large groups of organisms are related to each other by _________ while a design theorist believes that such groups are related to each other in
12. The term “systematics” refers to
13. The large eukaryote, Pisum sativum belongs to the large “Group” Plants because it
14. The state of flux in which modern systematic groupings exists is shown by the fact that the largest category in some groupings is the “Kingdom” while in others it is the
15. Studying competition between the Peaks of Otter salamander and the Eastern Redback salamander would be an example of studying ecology at the _______ level.
16. A good example of commensalism would be the relationship between
17. Which of the following is a problem that confounds attempts to organize the entire living world for study?
18. From the species level upwards toward higher levels of classification, which of the following choices gives the correct order?
19. Which of the following is one of seven basic characteristics used to classify living things?
20. Seeking to scientifically name each variety of life-form we find and relate it to other similar species is a discipline known as
21. All members of species Escherichia coli belong to the large “Group” known as
22. In the mind of evolutionary theorists, separate clades (large groups) derive from
23. In the minds of design theorists, separate clades (large groups) derive from
24. Species of warblers (birds) living in the same general region minimize their interspecific competition by
25. The convention used for representing scientific names for newly discovered species is that ___________ root words are used in order to name the organism’s