Study Guide for Exam I (Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Evolution)
(61 Questions: Point Value 122)
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Your Exam is 3/2/11
Please answer the following questions using complete sentences:
1. Write the first paragraph in your unit packet labeled “What is Classification?” –Use the
word bank to fill in the empty spaces.
2. Write the correct hierarchy order from Kingdom to Species. (Recall the pneumonic from
your lecture notes)
3. What is the language of classification?
4. How are humans classified in taxonomy?
5. Who developed the science of binomial nomenclature?
6. Define biodiversity?
7. How many species on Earth have been scientifically classified? How many species have
not been scientifically classified?
8. Describe two mass extinctions.
9. Describe two causes of mass extinctions.
10. Give three examples of biotic and abiotic factors.
11. Give an example from each of the following kingdoms: Monera, Protista,
Archaebacteria, Fungi, Plantae, Eubacteria, and Animalia.
12. Describe three biomes.
13. What is an ecosystem?
14. What period are we currently living in on the geological time scale?
15. What does the term “speciation” refer to?
16. Define and give examples of the following terms: Acclimate, Ecotone, Dormancy,
Biosphere, Regulator, and Conformer.
17. Give three examples of fossil evidence of evolution.
18. Give two examples of comparative anatomy as evidence of evolution.
19. Give one example of biochemistry as evidence of evolution.
20. Give one example of embryology as evidence of evolution.
21. Give two examples of genetic evidence of evolution.
22. Give an example of direct observation as evidence of evolution.
23. What is the definition of a fossil? What is the law of superposition?
24. What is the difference between a homologous structure and a vestigial structure?
25. Which ecosystem contains the greatest diversity of life?
26. What is Moore’s law? What does “Watson” refer to?
27. What is the connection between aging and telomere length?
28. Where are telomeres located?? What is their function? What is telomerase?