4.3 - Quantifying biodiversity

Question 1

What is the binomial system?

Answer 1

system by which each species of a organism is given a unique 2 part Latin name

Question 2

Define species richness.

Answer 2

the number of species present in a given habitat

Question 3

Define species eveness.

Answer 3

the number of each species in a habitat

Question 4

What are the five kingdoms that taxonomists classify organisms into?

Answer 4

1. animalia
2. plantae
3. fungi
4. protoctista
5. prokaryotae

Question 5

What defines the kingdom ‘Animalia’?

Answer 5

eukaryotes that get their energy by ingesting material from other organisms (heterotrophs)

Question 6

What defines the kingdom ‘Plantae’?

Answer 6

eukaryotes that make their own food using photosynthesis

Question 7

What define the kingdom ‘Fungi’?

Answer 7

eukaryotes that get their food by absorbing nutrients from decaying matter after external digestion

Question 8

What defines the kingdom ‘Protoctista’?

Answer 8

eukaryotes that photosynthesise or feed on organic matter from other source, but are not included in other kingdoms

Question 9

What defines the kingdom ‘prokaryotae’?

Answer 9

prokaryotic organism

Question 10

What are the 3 domains?

Answer 10

1.bacteria
2.archaea
3.eukaryota