A3.1 Diversity of Organisms
16 review questions with answers for A3.1 Diversity of Organisms, marked SL. Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
Group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring?
- Eukaryota
- SpeciesRight answer
- Bacteria
- Karyogram
All 16 questions and answers
Group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring?
Answer: Species
The number of different species present in a particular area?
Answer: Species Richness
How similar the abundances of the different species in a community are?
Answer: Species Evenness
Diversity within a species due to different alleles in the gene pool?
Answer: Genetic Diversity
Why is the biological species concept difficult to apply to bacteria?
Answer: Horizontal Gene Transfer (and asexual reproduction)
A photograph or diagram of an individual’s chromosomes arranged in pairs?
Answer: Karyogram
The differences between individuals of the same or different species?
Answer: Variation
Domain of prokaryotes often found in extreme environments (extremophiles)?
Answer: Archaea
Domain of prokaryotes that includes most familiar bacteria and pathogens?
Answer: Bacteria
Domain containing all organisms with membrane-bound organelles and a nucleus?
Answer: Eukaryota
Identifying species by comparing a short, standard DNA sequence, e.g., from eDNA in a water sample?
Answer: DNA Barcoding
Variation in a trait that shows a range of phenotypes (e.g., height)?
Answer: Continuous Variation
Variation where individuals fall into distinct categories (e.g., blood type)?
Answer: Discrete Variation
What is the two-part naming system using genus and species (e.g., Homo sapiens)?
Answer: Binomial nomenclature
What is the system of classification from domain to species?
Answer: Taxonomic hierarchy
What do we call a tool for identifying organisms using a series of paired choices?
Answer: Dichotomous key
Play it as a class game
Play this set opens it in splycr, where you can host it for your class straight away. Hosting needs no account: put the room code on the projector, and students join from a phone with the code and their first name. Each question plays as multiple choice, and the three wrong options are other answers from the same set.