Primary Productivity and DIN in Ocean Environments Quiz

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Which domain of life contains 4 Kingdoms, including Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia?

  • Domain Eubacteria
  • Domain Bacteria
  • Domain Eukarya (correct)
  • Domain Archaea

Which Kingdom includes organisms that are both saprotrophic and heterotrophic?

  • Metazoa (Animalia)
  • Protista
  • Plantae
  • Fungi (correct)

Which of the following characteristics is unique to the Kingdom Metazoa (Animalia)?

  • Photosynthesis
  • Multicellularity (correct)
  • Presence of mitochondria
  • Absence of cell wall

Which of the following domains is classified as a prokaryote?

<p>Domain Eubacteria (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which Kingdom is mainly composed of unicellular organisms?

<p>Protista (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the key difference between Domain Eubacteria and Domain Eukarya in terms of the presence of a nucleus and mitochondria?

<p>Eubacteria lacks a nucleus and mitochondria, while Eukarya has both. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the trunk represent in the tree that describes the Kingdom Metazoa?

<p>Kingdom (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, why are generic and specific names Latinized?

<p>To comply with Latin rules of grammar (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are two taxa at the level of family not necessarily evolutionary equivalent?

<p>Because they may have different common ancestors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the taxonomy tree, what does the next order branch represent after the trunk?

<p>Phylum (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What determines the level at which various categories are placed for two distinct clades in taxonomy?

<p>Convenience (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, why is it important for each taxon to be a natural group (monophyletic)?

<p>For accurate evolutionary relationships (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the subphylum of organisms with a vertebral cord?

<p>Vertebrata (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which class of organisms does not belong to the phylum Chordata?

<p>Cephalaspidomorphi (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which category of the I.C.Z.N. hierarchy would you find the classification 'Order'?

<p>Subfamily (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a domain?

<p>Vertebrata (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the superclass of organisms classified under Chondrichthyes?

<p>Superorder (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group of organisms does not have a vertebral cord?

<p>Metazoa (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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