Despite dramatic differences in appearance, size, and behavior, you are surprised to find that two organisms you have been studying are able to reproduce successfully, and produce fertile offspring. Which of these choices is the largest taxonomic category that these two organisms share in common?

a. subspecies
b. species
c. family
d. genus


c. family

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What will be an ideal response?

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You discover an organism that has a nucleus but no mitochondria. This organism could be a(n) ____

a. euglenoid b. diplomonad c. kinetoplastid d. ciliate e. dinoflagellate

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If an owl is moved from a mature evergreen forest to a mature hedgerow in a suburban neighborhood, the owl's ________ has been changed

A) biosphere B) habitat C) range D) environmental resistance E) niche

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The term "ecology" was first used by

A. Henry David Thoreau. B. Eugene P. Odum. C. Alfred Russel Wallace. D. Charles Darwin. E. Ernst Haeckel.

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