Bio Diversity Quiz
What is Asexual reproduction?
Two parents offspring is genetically identical
All organizims must follow intructions in their what to grow and develop.
DNA
What is Homeostasis and Control
All organisms must maintain a stable, internal condition in order to remain alive
What is an Autotroph
organisms like plants that produce their own food the opposite to this would be a heterotroph
What is phototropism
Plants responding and adapting towards the sun/lightsource
Adaptations are what adjustments in individuals of a species
physical. Ex. Natural selection allows animals with better adaptations to survive and reproduce. Their characteristics arw passed along through generations.
What is Evolution?
Evolution is the change in the genetic makeup of a population. Results from natural selection. Occurs over a VERY long time.
Why do living organisms need to be identifyed and classified? Give one example.
1. Used for medical products
2. To understand and trace how diseases occur
3 In agriculture to increase crop yields and diseasr resistance
4. To understand relationships between different species to maintain biodiversity
The three different definitions of species are based on what? Define them.
1. Morphological - Body shape size
2. Biological - Whether two organisms can produce fertile offspring
3. Phylogenetic - evolutionary history
What is Taxonomy?
Taxonomy is the branch of biology that identifies, names, and classifyes species.
What is the system called of giving each specied a two word latin name.
Bionomial Nomenclature
What are the two parts of a scientific name?
Genus and Species part.
Give one reason on why scientific names are important.
1. To accurately and uniformaly name organisms
2. To prevent duplicate names
3. To prevent misnomers such as starfish and jellyfish that arent really fish.
4. Shows evolutionary relationships
Biology uses a what system.
Hierarchical. organisms are classified from most general to most specific.
Each rank or level of the classification system is called a what?
A Taxo
Did King Phillip Come Over For Good spagetti?
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
What are the three domains?
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
Domains are divided into six subgroups called kingdoms what are they?
Bacteria, Archaea, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Anamalia
Are bacteria prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
Prokaryotic
Number of cells in Bacteria?
Unicelluar
Are they autotrophs or heterotrophs?
Can be both
Name the 7 different parts of bacteria
Flaggelum, Pilus, Nucleoid, Plasma membrane, Ribosomes, Cell wall, Capsule