Chapter 1 - Terms to know

Question 1

Biodiversity

Answer 1

Variety of species in an ecosystem

Question 2

Biological Species Concept

Answer 2

All organisms capable of breeding freely under natural conditions

Question 3

Evolutionary change

Answer 3

Change that occurs in an entire population; usually occurs over a long period of time over great distances

Question 4

Heterotroph

Answer 4

An organism that obtains energy-rich nutrients by consuming living or dead organisms

Question 5

Autotroph

Answer 5

An organism that uses sources of energy to produce nutrients from water, gases, and/or minerals

Question 6

Taxon/taxa

Answer 6

A taxonomic group or category

Question 7

Taxonomy

Answer 7

Classification, identification, and naming of organisms

Question 8

Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 8

A two name system where each organism is assigned a genus and a species

Question 9

Genus name

Answer 9

Category

Question 10

Species name

Answer 10

Something that describes the organism

Question 11

Taxa names

Answer 11

Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Question 12

Dichotomous key

Answer 12

Used to identify species

Question 13

Phylogeny

Answer 13

Evolutionary relationship between and among species

Question 14

Common ancestor

Answer 14

Ancestor that is shared with other organisms

Question 15

Phylogenetic tree

Answer 15

How evolutionary relationships are represented

Question 16

Clade

Answer 16

A taxonomic group that includes a single ancestor and all it’s descendants

Question 17

Kingdoms

Answer 17

Plants, animals, fungi, protista, eubacteria, archaea

Question 18

Domains

Answer 18

Eubacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes