Unit 1

Question 1

Allopatric Species

Answer 1

Related species which cannot interbreed because of geographical
separation.

Question 2

Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 2

A formal system of naming species of living things by giving
each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms.

Question 3

Breed

Answer 3

Animals of common origin with characteristics that distinguish them from other
groups within the same species.

Question 4

Class

Answer 4

A group of animals categorized primarily by sex and age

Question 5

Feral

Answer 5

Domesticated animals that return to nature to survive and reproduce.

Question 6

Hierarchical Order

Answer 6

Grouping and arrangement of organisms

Question 7

Invertabrates

Answer 7

animals lacking a backbone.

Question 8

Mutualism

Answer 8

Specific type of symbiosis between man and animal.

Question 9

Kingdom

Answer 9

First and largest division of living things - plants and animals

Question 10

Nomenclature

Answer 10

Giving and using of names

Question 11

Phylum

Answer 11

Each new group within a Kingdom

Question 12

Primary Energy Trap

Answer 12

Every organism is this (not related to the food chain). To be alive is to be this.

Question 13

Race

Answer 13

Considered simply a subdivision of a species which breeds true except for minor
variations.

Question 14

Scientific Name

Answer 14

Each species is given this, consisting of two Latin words:

The first, designating genus is capitalized.

The second, designating a subdivision of the genus, is not capitalized.

Normally both words are italicized

Question 15

Secondary Energy Trap

Answer 15

is what an organism uses to help it obtain food
(camouflage, stick, gun, etc.) or to help it conserve energy (shelter, fur, etc.).

Question 16

Subspecies

Answer 16

A subdivision or smaller part of a group of animals (those in a species)

Question 17

Sympatric Species

Answer 17

Those which can interbreed, but in practice do not because of differences in behavior, breeding, food sources, etc.,

Question 18

Symbiosis

Answer 18

• A biological situation in which at least two different kinds of organisms
  interact; these can include plants, animals, or plant and animal.

Question 19

Taming

Answer 19

On the path to domestication, but a tamed animal is not a domestic animal.

Question 20

Taxonomy

Answer 20

Science of classification and the arrangement of plants and animals into
groups based on their natural relationships.

Question 21

Variety

Answer 21

a group within a species or subspecies which differs in some significant
inherited respect from other members of the species and is usually fertile with any
other member of the species.

Question 22

Vertebrates

Answer 22

animals with a backbone