BIO 124 Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
3 defining characteristics of kingdom animalia? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Multicellular
2. Eukaryotic
3. Hetertrophic
What is the typological species concept? - CORRECT ANSWER - That each species is a
distinctly different group of organisms based on physical similarities. It is based on the idea that
species are unchanging, distinct, and natural types
Who spoke about the typological species concept? - CORRECT ANSWER - Aristotle,
Linnaeus
Biological species concept - CORRECT ANSWER - Species is a group of populations
whose members have the potential to produce fertile offspring.
phylogenetic species concept - CORRECT ANSWER - A definition of species as the
smallest group of individuals that share a common ancestor, forming one branch on the tree of
life. — parental pattern of ancestry and descent.
What is Taxonomy - CORRECT ANSWER - Study of the principles of classification, the
systematic ordering and naming of organisms.
Who came up with the binomial nomenclature? - CORRECT ANSWER - Linnaeus
What is binomial nomenclature? - CORRECT ANSWER - the system of nomenclature in
which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the
genus and the second the specific epithet.
, What is the scientific name broken into two parts - CORRECT ANSWER - Genus and
species
How do you write a scientific name? - CORRECT ANSWER - always written in italics,
genus is Capitalized, species is lower case
What does the first name of the scientific name tell you? - CORRECT ANSWER - How
closely that organisms is to other organisms
What does the second part (specific epithet) tell you? - CORRECT ANSWER - The epithet
refers to the species within that genus.
What is classification? - CORRECT ANSWER - System of grouping things based on some
type of characteristics.
What is listed in the hierarchical system? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Domain (eukarya)
2. Kingdom (animalia)
3. Phylum (Chordata)
4. Class (mammals)
5. Order (Carnivora)
6. Family (Felidae)
7. Genus (panthera)
8. Species (panthera pardus)
What is systematics? - CORRECT ANSWER - A field of biology concerned with
classifying based on evolutionary relationships
What would you consider to be a clade? - CORRECT ANSWER - A monophyletic group
Questions and CORRECT Answers
3 defining characteristics of kingdom animalia? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Multicellular
2. Eukaryotic
3. Hetertrophic
What is the typological species concept? - CORRECT ANSWER - That each species is a
distinctly different group of organisms based on physical similarities. It is based on the idea that
species are unchanging, distinct, and natural types
Who spoke about the typological species concept? - CORRECT ANSWER - Aristotle,
Linnaeus
Biological species concept - CORRECT ANSWER - Species is a group of populations
whose members have the potential to produce fertile offspring.
phylogenetic species concept - CORRECT ANSWER - A definition of species as the
smallest group of individuals that share a common ancestor, forming one branch on the tree of
life. — parental pattern of ancestry and descent.
What is Taxonomy - CORRECT ANSWER - Study of the principles of classification, the
systematic ordering and naming of organisms.
Who came up with the binomial nomenclature? - CORRECT ANSWER - Linnaeus
What is binomial nomenclature? - CORRECT ANSWER - the system of nomenclature in
which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the
genus and the second the specific epithet.
, What is the scientific name broken into two parts - CORRECT ANSWER - Genus and
species
How do you write a scientific name? - CORRECT ANSWER - always written in italics,
genus is Capitalized, species is lower case
What does the first name of the scientific name tell you? - CORRECT ANSWER - How
closely that organisms is to other organisms
What does the second part (specific epithet) tell you? - CORRECT ANSWER - The epithet
refers to the species within that genus.
What is classification? - CORRECT ANSWER - System of grouping things based on some
type of characteristics.
What is listed in the hierarchical system? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Domain (eukarya)
2. Kingdom (animalia)
3. Phylum (Chordata)
4. Class (mammals)
5. Order (Carnivora)
6. Family (Felidae)
7. Genus (panthera)
8. Species (panthera pardus)
What is systematics? - CORRECT ANSWER - A field of biology concerned with
classifying based on evolutionary relationships
What would you consider to be a clade? - CORRECT ANSWER - A monophyletic group
