CHAPTER 4 EXAM
1.What is binomial nomenclature?
a. Classifying organisms into seven levels
b. The naming system developed by Aristotle
c. Grouping animals based on how they move
d. A naming system in which each organism is given a two-part name
2.An organism's scientific name consists of
a. class name and family name.
b. kingdom name and phylum name.
c. genus name and species name.
d. phylum name and species name.
3.Which is the broadest classification level?
a. family
b. kingdom
c. phylum
d. species
4.Which classification level is a level higher (braoder) than the phylum level?
a. order
b. class
c. family
d. kingdom
5.Which of the following characteristics do all plants share?
a. being unicellular
b. producing flowers
c. a cell wall
d. No nucleus
6.A mushroom belongs to which kingdom ?
a. Protist
b. Plant
c. fungi
d. animal
7.A cat's scientific name is Felis domesticus, which genus does it belong to ?
a.
Animalia
b.
Carnivora
c.
Felis
d.
Domesticus
CHAPTER 4 EXAM
15. Most land animals depend on angiosperms for
8. An organism is resistant to a chemical if it
a. reproduction.
a. has a gene that enables it to break down the
b. water.
chemical.
c. food.
b. has been exposed to a small amount of the chemical
d. All of the above
over time.
c. did not eat anything with the chemical on it.
16. Which of the following describes soil and
d. All of the above
temperature in an ecosystem?
a. abiotic factors
9. The process of two species changing genetically in
b. biotic factors
response to long-term interactions with each other is
c. unnecessary factors
a. artificial selection.
d. selection factors
b. coevolution.
c. selective breeding.
17. Humans have inadvertently promoted the evolution
d. resistance.
of insects that are resistant to insecticides by
a. trying to control pests with chemicals.
10. In order for evolution to occur in a population,
b. using insecticides that are outdated.
individuals with a trait that is “naturally selected for”
c. using the wrong insecticide.
must
d. All of the above
a. live a long time.
b. leave the area.
18. Which of the following best describes a population?
c. reproduce.
a. members of the same species living in the
d. coevolve.
same place at the same time
b. all the red birds in an area
11. Most scientists classify organisms into
c. all types of organisms living in the same place
a. five kingdoms and two domains.
d. all members of the same species
b. four kingdoms and three domains.
c. three kingdoms and four domains.
19. One way that bacteria and fungi are important to
d. two kingdoms and four domains.
the environment is that they
a. produce oxygen.
12. Which of the following animals is successful because it
b. use the sun’s energy to make their own food.
moves quickly, reproduces rapidly, and has a waterproof
c. are a major food source in many ecosystems.
external skeleton?
d. break down dead organisms.
a. ant
b. mouse
20. Which of the following is not a biotic factor in an
c. bird
ecosystem?
d. squirrel
a. roots
b. insects
13. Which of the following can convert nitrogen in the air
c. leaves
into a form plants can use?
d. air
a. bacteria
b. fungi
c. protists
d. animals
21. A gymnosperm is a(n)
a. animal.
14. The energy in most ecosystems comes from
b. protist.
a. green plants.
c. fungus.
b. the sun.
d. plant.
c. wind.
d. All of the above
22. Where an organism lives
23. A group of many species that live together in the same area and
interact with each other
24. A group of organisms that can mate and reproduce fertile offspring
25. The name for an individual living thing
26. A group of the same species that live in the same place
a. community
b. species
c. organism
d. population
e. habitat
27. The process of in which a species becomes better adapted to their
environment due to phylogenetic
changes
28. The characteristics that allow an animal to best survive
29. The ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical due to a specific
gene
30. Selective breeding (happens with dogs, cats, roses, wheat,
tomatoes…)
31. The change in the genetic characteristics of a population over time
a. natural selection
b. artificial
selection
b. evolution
c. resistance
d. adaptation
32. According to the key, which characteristic distinguishes a male from a female mosquito?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Antennae appearance
Palp length
Leg scales
Abdomen points
33. What is the Genera name for the mosquito at the top of the key?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Anapholes
Culex
Deinocerites
unknown
SHORT ANSWER/ GRAPH ANALYSIS
The image below shows insect pesticide resistance of the potato beetle
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34. Add a title and label the x-axis
35. Does this graph show that the beetle is becoming more or less resistant to the chemical(s) used?
Justify your answer with data from the graph (numbers or general trends)
36. What do you might have been a cause of the change in the overall trend in 1987-8?