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taxonomy classification quick quiz

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1. What is meant by the term 'species'?
a) An animal or plant
b) A group of organisms that can't interbreed
c) Organisms that can interbreed to produce
fertile offspring
1. What is meant by the term 'species'?
a) An animal or plant
b) A group of organisms that can't interbreed
c) Organisms that can interbreed to produce
fertile offspring
2. In the binomial naming system,
which is the correct order?
a) Kingdom species
b) Genus species
c) Kingdom phylum
2. In the binomial naming system,
which is the correct order?
a) Kingdom species
b) Genus species
c) Kingdom phylum
2. In the binomial naming system,
which is the correct order?
a) Kingdom species
b) Genus species
c) Kingdom phylum
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3. What is the advantage of a binomial
naming system?
a) Makes people learn more Latin
b) Makes understanding a species more
confusing
c) Allows scientists to communicate across the
world
3. What is the advantage of a binomial
naming system?
a) Makes people learn more Latin
b) Makes understanding a species more
confusing
c) Allows scientists to communicate across the
world
4. What is a hybrid?
a) Offspring of distantly related species
b) Offspring of closely related species that are
infertile
c) Offspring of closely related species that are
fertile
4. What is a hybrid?
a) Offspring of distantly related species
b) Offspring of closely related species that are
infertile
c) Offspring of closely related species that are
fertile
5. What is taxonomy?
a) The science of identifying and naming
species and organising them into systems of
classification
b) The science of connecting species on trees to
show their evolutionary history
c) The science of ordering species into groups
5. What is taxonomy?
a) The science of identifying and naming
species and organising them into systems of
classification
b) The science of connecting species on trees to
show their evolutionary history
c) The science of ordering species into groups
6. What is phylogeny?
a) The science of connecting species on trees to
show their evolutionary history
b) The science of ordering species into groups
c) The science of breeding organisms to ensure
they are the same species
6. What is phylogeny?
a) The science of connecting species on trees to
show their evolutionary history
b) The science of ordering species into groups
c) The science of breeding organisms to ensure
they are the same species
7. Which organism are we mostly
closely related to?
B
A
C
7. Which organism are we mostly
closely related to?
B
A
C
8. Which organism evolved first?
B
A
C
8. Which organism evolved first?
B
A
C
9. What is a hierarchy?
a) Groups within groups, that overlap
b) Groups within groups, that don’t overlap
c) The naming of species
9. What is a hierarchy?
a) Groups within groups, that overlap
b) Groups within groups, that don’t overlap
c) The naming of species
10. Why is a wholphin so unique?
a) A wholphin is a fantastic example of a hybrid!
b) A wholphin has an odd amount of chromosomes
c) The wholphin has been proven to be fertile!
10. Why is a wholphin so unique?
a) A wholphin is a fantastic example of a hybrid!
b) A wholphin has an odd amount of chromosomes
c) The wholphin has been proven to be fertile!
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