Botany: Chapter 16 Homework questions with
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A botany student is studying a woodland wildflower and in doing so,
learns the common name of the wildflower. What problems might the
student encounter if he fails to learn the plant's scientific name too?
a. An unrelated species may have the same common name.
b. A related species may have the same common name.
c. The species common name may vary across its geographic range.
d. The species might have multiple common names.
e. All of the Above Ans✓✓✓All of the above
A new plant species (genus Blakea) was discovered by a scientist who
wished to honor naturalist David Attenborough in the specific epithet.
Following the protocol of binomial nomenclature, what could the
scientific name of this plant be?:
a. Blakea attenboroughi
b. David attenborough
c. Attenboroughi blakea
d. Attenboroughi david Ans✓✓✓a. Blakea attenboroughi
As you are working on a lab assignment that requires you to classify
various specimens according to species based on a single criterion, your
lab partner expresses frustration. He believes that there are too many
variables to use a single criterion to identify a species. You can reassure
him he should not feel frustrated, and that in fact his thoughts are in line
with which species concept? Ans✓✓✓eclectic species concepts
, Because some plant groups readily hybridize with other plant groups,
which species concept is not very useful in defining plant species?
Ans✓✓✓Interbreeding species concepts
Botanist Will Alberts discovers a new species of moth orchid (genus
Phalaenopsis) in the tropics and plans to name it after his cat, Monty.
According to the Binomial System of Nomenclature, the new species
should be named:
a. Phalaenopsis montii (Monty) Alberts.
b. Phalaenopsis albertsii 'Monty'.
c. Phalaenopsis montii Alberts.
d. Phalaenopsis albertsii Monty. Ans✓✓✓c. Phalaenopsis montii
Alberts.
Common names for plants (such as squirrel corn) are __________.:
a. based on unique, recognizable features of the plant
b. often different in different regions of the country
c. often used for different plants
d. in the local language
e. All of the choices are correct. Ans✓✓✓e. All of the choices are
correct.
Euglenoids cannot be neatly grouped as plants or animals because they:
[Select all that apply]
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A botany student is studying a woodland wildflower and in doing so,
learns the common name of the wildflower. What problems might the
student encounter if he fails to learn the plant's scientific name too?
a. An unrelated species may have the same common name.
b. A related species may have the same common name.
c. The species common name may vary across its geographic range.
d. The species might have multiple common names.
e. All of the Above Ans✓✓✓All of the above
A new plant species (genus Blakea) was discovered by a scientist who
wished to honor naturalist David Attenborough in the specific epithet.
Following the protocol of binomial nomenclature, what could the
scientific name of this plant be?:
a. Blakea attenboroughi
b. David attenborough
c. Attenboroughi blakea
d. Attenboroughi david Ans✓✓✓a. Blakea attenboroughi
As you are working on a lab assignment that requires you to classify
various specimens according to species based on a single criterion, your
lab partner expresses frustration. He believes that there are too many
variables to use a single criterion to identify a species. You can reassure
him he should not feel frustrated, and that in fact his thoughts are in line
with which species concept? Ans✓✓✓eclectic species concepts
, Because some plant groups readily hybridize with other plant groups,
which species concept is not very useful in defining plant species?
Ans✓✓✓Interbreeding species concepts
Botanist Will Alberts discovers a new species of moth orchid (genus
Phalaenopsis) in the tropics and plans to name it after his cat, Monty.
According to the Binomial System of Nomenclature, the new species
should be named:
a. Phalaenopsis montii (Monty) Alberts.
b. Phalaenopsis albertsii 'Monty'.
c. Phalaenopsis montii Alberts.
d. Phalaenopsis albertsii Monty. Ans✓✓✓c. Phalaenopsis montii
Alberts.
Common names for plants (such as squirrel corn) are __________.:
a. based on unique, recognizable features of the plant
b. often different in different regions of the country
c. often used for different plants
d. in the local language
e. All of the choices are correct. Ans✓✓✓e. All of the choices are
correct.
Euglenoids cannot be neatly grouped as plants or animals because they:
[Select all that apply]
