Speciation and Classification Practice

To be a species, a group of organisms must be able to ...

• experience gene flow.

• interbreed.

• produce infertile offspring.

• move and breathe oxygen.

A female peacock of one species refuses to mate with a male peacock from a different species because she is not attracted to his feather display. This is an example of ____ isolation.

• Temporal

• Behavioral

• Geographic

• Allopatric

A species of mice reproduces in the early spring while another reproduces in the late spring. This is an example of _______ isolation.

• Temporal

• Behavioral

• Geographic

• Allopatric

Members of a population of fox got separated when a river formed in their habitat. Over time, they became two separate species. This is ______ isolation.

• Temporal

• Behavioral

• Geographic

• Sympatric

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Who is called the "Father of Taxonomy?"

• Charles Darwin

• Carlos Lindberg

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Watson and Crick

All of the following are benefits/goals of classification except ____.

• Organisms all have different/unique names.

• All use the same language so all scientists understand.

• There are no misnomers.

• All of the names start with a different letter.

Find the mistake in the binomial nomenclature name below:

puma concolor

• The name is not in Latin/Greek.

• The species isn't capitalized.

• The genus isn't capitalized.

• The name should be underlined, not italicized.

Which taxa is broader: Class or Family?

• Class

• Family

If three different organisms all share the same genus ...

• they must not be closely related.

• they must be part of the same species.

• they share the same order, family, and class.

• they do not have any similar traits.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The three domains are bacteria, archaea, and ____.

• eukarya

• animalia

• plantae

• protista