Biology Quiz

Some farmers currently grow genetically engineered crops. What would be an argument against the use of this technology?

• it increases crop production

• it produces insect-resistant plants

• its long-term effects on humans are still being investigated

• it always results in crops that do not taste good

The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by _______________.

• Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin

• Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace

• Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck

• Charles Lyell and James Hutton

The inheritance of acquired characteristics proposal was put forward by

• Darwin 

• Wallace 

• Lamarck

• Malthus

Which grouping of organisms is considered to have the greatest amount of diversity?

• Species

• Order

• Domain

• Kingdom

A cat's scientific name is Felis domesticus, which genus does it belong to _______?

• Felis  

• Animalia

• Domesticus

• Carnivora

DNA is called the "blueprint of life" because

• it is like a fingerprint

• it has a blue color

• it contains the plans for building an organism

• it can relay messages to other molecules

What is the system of universally accepted principles to provide scientific names to known organisms?

          

• binomial nomenclature

• scientific nomenclature

• taxonomy      

• taxonomy      

The strongest evidence for evolution from a common ancestor is____________.

 

• similar DNA sequences

• similar body structures

• similar fossils     

• all of the given choices

What is the study of the distribution of organisms around the world?

                

• paleontology  

• geography

• geology

• biogeography

Which of the following accurately lists the levels of classification in our current taxonomic system?

• Phylum, kingdom, domain, class, order, family, genus, species

• Class, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, species

• .  Domain, phylum, kingdom, class, order, family, genus, species

• Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species