Biodiversity and Classification

Who was Carolus Linnaeus?

• A farmer that created a way to separate his pink and blue fences.

• The first scientist to really come up with a good classification system.

• A scientist who created the light bulb, so that he could see his plants at night time.

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3 Examples of the Fungi kingdom are...

• Tulips, Dandelion's, Daisies

• Yeast, Mold, Mushrooms

• Green Algae, Brown Algae, Sphagnum Moss

• Roses, Daffodils, Aconitum

Which kingdom is made up of non-green, eukaryotic organisms that do not move and that reproduce by spores?

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Protista

Which kingdom is made up of complex, multicellular organisms that are usually green, have cell walls, and use the sun's energy to make sugar by photosynthesis?

• Archaebacteria

• Eubacteria

• Protista

• Plantae

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Match the following terms with the correct definition -

• The cumulative changes in a population or species over time.

• Species diversity

• A species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.

• Invasive species

• The total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species.

• Genetic diversity

• The number of different species present in an ecosystem.

• Evolution

• An organism that is not native to the area in which it is introduced and has no natural predators.

• Endangered Species

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Species richness refers to (a)   in an ecosystem.

• The number of different ecosystems

• The number of individuals within an ecosystem

• number of different species in an ecosystem

• The number of dominant species in an ecosystem

Match the following terms with their definition.

• the total # of different species

• Species Richness

• the relative abundance of species

• Species Evenness

• the most abundant species

• Species Dominance

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Flowering plants are also known as...

• Gardening

• Gymnosperm

• Angiosperm

What kingdom has organisms that can usually move by themselves and have specialized sense organs that allow them to respond to their environment?

• Protista

• Plantae

• Fungi

• Animalia

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A pine tree is a member of which kingdom?

• Plantae

• Archaebacteria

• Protista

• Fungi

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