BSC1005 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (100% PASS)
what the discipline of assigning scientific names to organisms is called? -
Answer✔️✔️-taxonomy
hierarchy of classification, from high to low. - Answer✔️✔️-domain,
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
true or false. the Linnaean system of classification consists of a hierarchy of
groupings in which the taxons are organized hierarchically. - Answer✔️✔️-
true
true or false. scientists recognize organisms in three domains: plants,
animals, and protists. - Answer✔️✔️-false
what statement best describes the relationship between chimpanzees and
humans? - Answer✔️✔️-chimpanzees and humans evolved from a common
ancestor
a "map" of organismal evolutionary relationships is called? - Answer✔️✔️-
phylogenetic tree
in the Linnaean system, families are grouped into - Answer✔️✔️-order
what do scientists in the field of systematics accomplish? - Answer✔️✔️-
organize and classify organisms
which statement about the taxonomic classification system is correct? -
Answer✔️✔️-species are the most specific category of classification
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what does the term phylogeny describe? - Answer✔️✔️-evolutionary history
all life on earth evolved from a - Answer✔️✔️-common ancestor
which of the following statements best describes the term branch point? -
Answer✔️✔️-point on a phylogenetic tree where a single lineage splits to a
distinct new ones
fungal filament composed of one or more cells - Answer✔️✔️-hypha
the producer of antibiotic, penicillin is - Answer✔️✔️-penicillium notatum
term that describes the close association of a fungus with the root of a tree -
Answer✔️✔️-mychorrhiza
fungi benefits the soil by - Answer✔️✔️-adding bulk and help retain water
and nutrients
saccharomyces cerevisiae is important to humans because it - Answer✔️✔️-
uses sugars to produce CO2 during bread making
saprobes are essential to life on earth because they - Answer✔️✔️-recycle
dead organic material to produce inorganic compounds
which polysaccharide is usually found in the cell walls of fungi? -
Answer✔️✔️-chitin
why are fungi important decomposers? - Answer✔️✔️-they recycle carbon
and inorganic minerals by the process of decomposition
the three domains of life are - Answer✔️✔️-Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
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