Test

Question 1

What is binomial nomenclature.

Answer 1

Two name way of naming things

Question 2

What is a genus

Answer 2

General name, first part of a binomial name always capitalized.

Question 3

What is a species In a binomial name

Answer 3

Specific name refers to a group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce.

Question 4

What is phylogeny

Answer 4

Is the history of the evolution of a species or a group of organisms

Question 5

What is the importance of binomial nomenclature

Answer 5

So scientists have a common name for organisms

Question 6

What is palaeontology

Answer 6

The study of fossilized organisms

Question 7

Define biogeography

Answer 7

Study of geographic distribution of the life on earth

Question 8

Define endemic

Answer 8

Term used to describe a species found in a single location

Question 9

What is a homologist feature

Answer 9

Features similar in structure but different in function

Question 10

What is a vistigial feature

Answer 10

Rudimentary structure with no useful function.

Question 11

What did Darwin sail on

Answer 11

hMS beagle

Question 12

What was Darwin’s theory

Answer 12

Theory of natural selection

Question 13

Define speciation

Answer 13

Creation of a new species

Question 14

Define mutation

Answer 14

Change in DNA sequence in a chromosone

Question 15

Name 3 mutations

Answer 15

Harmful neutral and beneficial

Question 16

What did Lamarck believe in.

Answer 16

Spontaneous generation

Question 17

What is the theory of gradualism

Answer 17

That speciation is a slow process.

Question 18

What is the theory of punctuated equilibrium

Answer 18

The idea that species will rapidly evolve followed by a period of little to no change