Biological Diversity

Explore classification and adaptation among living things.

9 questions, free, marked as you go with a worked explanation on every one.

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The questions

  1. The scientific process of grouping living things based on shared characteristics is called:
  2. A trait that helps an organism survive in its environment is called a(n):
  3. The scientific naming system that gives every species a two-part Latin name is called:
  4. Organisms that share a recent common ancestor are more likely to be:
  5. Which of these is NOT one of the traditional five kingdoms of life?
  6. Asexual reproduction produces offspring that are:
  7. In a beetle population living on brown soil, most beetles are brown and a few are green. Birds hunting by sight find the green ones easily. Over many generations, what is most likely to happen?
  8. A biologist samples 200 fruit flies from one population and finds 150 with red eyes; the rest have white eyes. What percentage of the sample has white eyes?
  9. Use the graph. Which group has the most described species?

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