BJU Biology Chapter 9 Test

As a general rule, organisms which are similar in structure and which can mate and produce fertile offspring are known as a(n)

• variety

• family

• order

• species

Organisms are said to migrate when they

• adapt to different environments

• move from one area to another

• evolve into new species

• move and adapt to new and different areas

Biological keys are used to

• identify organisms

• classify organisms

• locate organisms

• name organisms

Aristotle's classification system was

• discontinued when bacteria and other microscopic organisms were discoverd

• inadequate because it was based on two kingdoms and eight phyla

• a natural system of classification

• an artificial system of classification

In the Linnaean system of classification, divisions of a phylum are

• classes

• families

• orders

• genera

An organism

• can adapt by changing its behaviors when in new environments

• can adapt by evolving into a new kind of living thing

• can adapt by migrating to a new environment

• cannot adapt to a new environment

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Which of the following kingdoms has heterotrophic members only?

• Eubacteria

• Protista

• Fungi

• Plantae

Which of the following kingdoms contains multicellular organisms with tissues and organs?

• Eubacteria

• Protista

• Fungi

• Animalia

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Which kingdom contains members that are heterotrophic and autotrophic, mobile and stationary, and unicellular and colonial?

• Fungi

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Protista

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Which of the following is one of the criteria necessary for the correct use of a biological key?

• the accuracy of the key

• the accuracy of the person using the key

• a typical specimen

• all of these