1.1 Introduction to Biodiversity

Describe genetic diversity

• The genetic variability within a species

• The variety of species in a community

• The distribution and abundance of living organism and interactions with their environment

• The science of classifying organisms into categories based on shared characters.

The science of naming and classifying organisms is

• Binomial nomenclature

• Species

• Taxonomy

• Genus

A group of organism into hierarchy such as kingdom, phylum, class, etc. are called

• Genus

• Taxa

• Species

• Binomial nomenclature

Which of these taxa is the least specific?

• Phylum

• Species

• Genus

• Order

In Linnaeus' classification system the level get less specific from kingdom to species

• True

• False

Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the level.

• Genetic

• Species

• Ecosystem

• All of the above

What are the classification groups in order

• Domain > Phylum > Kingdom > Species > Genus > Order > Family > Class

• Domain > Kingdom > Phylum > Genus > Species > Class > Order > Family

• Domain > Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus > Species

Which two domains are categorized as "prokaryotic"?

• Bacteria

• Archaea

• Eukarya

Binomial Nomenclature includes which of the following taxa?

• Kingdom

• Genus

• Species

• Class