Zoology

All animals have the ability to reproduce ________.

• Sexually

• Asexually

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When typing a scientific name, what font setting should be used?

• Bold

• Italics

• Underline

• Subscript

Which of these scientific names is written correctly?

• mephitis Mephitis

• Mephitis Mephitis

• mephitis mephitis

• Mephitis mephitis

Which of the following is not true when comparing scientific and common names?

• Scientific names vary from place to place.

• Common names can vary from place to place.

• Scientific names are written in Latin.

• Common names can inaccurately describe the organism and be confusing.

When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?

• physical features

• weather patterns

• environment

• diet

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Carolus Linnaeus is known for these 2 contributions to science.

• Discovering cells

• Taxonomy (study of classification)

• Describing natural selection in detail

• Binomial nomenclature

Classify the animal based on its energy sources. A panda gets its energy by eating bamboo (plants) for its energy. (Choose all that apply)

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

An omnivore...

• eats meat/animals/heterotrophs only to get its energy

• eats dead or living tissues by using chemicals

• eats both plants/autotrophs and meat/animals/heterotrophs to get its energy

• eats dead/decaying organisms only to get its energy

How many trophic levels in this food chain?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What percent of energy makes it from one tropic level to the next?

• 1%

• 10%

• 20%

• 90%

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