Biology 1002 Test 1 Latoya Paul LSU
exam COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026(GRADED A+)
DETAILED ANSWERS!!
taxonomy -CORRECTANSWER -the branch that is concerned with naming and
classifying organisms
-it was established by the swedish naturalist carl von line
-two part naming system, genus and species
genus -CORRECTANSWER (homo) number of very closely related species
species -CORRECTANSWER sapien
how scientific name is written -CORRECTANSWER always italicized or underlined and
the Genus is capitalized
origin of species -CORRECTANSWER charles darwin published this book and it
demonstrated that all life is related by common ancestry
phylogeny -CORRECTANSWER evolutionary history
, systematics -CORRECTANSWER
clades -CORRECTANSWER grouping species to show ancestry between them. can
have smaller class inside larger ones
linnaean classification system -CORRECTANSWER domain-kingdom-phylum-class-
order-family-genus-species
prokaryotes -CORRECTANSWER -bacteria, archaea, single celled
-first organisms on earth
-1.5 billion years or more
eukaryotes -CORRECTANSWER animals, plants, fungi, protists "junk drawer", and
multicellular and sometimes unicellular because of protists
how many new species are identified annually? -CORRECTANSWER 15,000; mostly in
the tropics
how many species have been named? and how many are estimated to exist? -
CORRECTANSWER 1.6 million named; 8.7 million exist
biodiversity -CORRECTANSWER
exam COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026(GRADED A+)
DETAILED ANSWERS!!
taxonomy -CORRECTANSWER -the branch that is concerned with naming and
classifying organisms
-it was established by the swedish naturalist carl von line
-two part naming system, genus and species
genus -CORRECTANSWER (homo) number of very closely related species
species -CORRECTANSWER sapien
how scientific name is written -CORRECTANSWER always italicized or underlined and
the Genus is capitalized
origin of species -CORRECTANSWER charles darwin published this book and it
demonstrated that all life is related by common ancestry
phylogeny -CORRECTANSWER evolutionary history
, systematics -CORRECTANSWER
clades -CORRECTANSWER grouping species to show ancestry between them. can
have smaller class inside larger ones
linnaean classification system -CORRECTANSWER domain-kingdom-phylum-class-
order-family-genus-species
prokaryotes -CORRECTANSWER -bacteria, archaea, single celled
-first organisms on earth
-1.5 billion years or more
eukaryotes -CORRECTANSWER animals, plants, fungi, protists "junk drawer", and
multicellular and sometimes unicellular because of protists
how many new species are identified annually? -CORRECTANSWER 15,000; mostly in
the tropics
how many species have been named? and how many are estimated to exist? -
CORRECTANSWER 1.6 million named; 8.7 million exist
biodiversity -CORRECTANSWER
