Ecology and Biology A-Z - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Scientific study of plants	Botany	86%
Referring to the upper side or back of an organism: ___ fin for example	Dorsal	78%
Category of taxonomic classification, in between domain and phylum	Kingdom	63%
Second period of the mesozoic era	Jurassic	59%
Yellow, internal portion of a birds egg, contains a large amount of protein and fat	Yolk	57%
Most diverse biome, categorized by high precipitation and consistently warm temperatures	Rainforest	54%
Valuable excrement of bats and seabirds, often used as a fertilizer	Guano	51%
Most diverse class of animals, a part of the arthropod phylum	Insecta	50%
Single celled organism domain, originally classified with bacteria	Archaea	43%
Bitter compound present in Cinchona Bark, most notably used as an anti-malarial drug	Quinine	35%
Vascular tissue in plants, helps transport water and nutrients against the flow of gravity	Xylem	35%
Plankton consisting of small animals	Zooplankton	31%
An organ or part of the body that has remained, but has become functionless over the course of evolution	Vestigial	29%
Tardigrades, a fascinating minute animal, are colloquially known by this name	Water Bear	28%
Angiosperms have these defining characteristic, aiding them in reproduction	Flowers	27%
General descriptor for all hoofed animals	Ungulate	24%
The vegetative part of a fungus, consists of a network of fine white filaments	Mycelium	22%
Excessive richness of nutrients in a body of water, eventually causing anoxia following large scale algal blooms	Eutrophication	21%
Earth's worst extinction event, leading to the extinction of ~90% of Earth's species	Permo-Triassic Extinction	19%
Synthesis of organic compounds using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals, most notably in hydrothermal vents	Chemosynthesis	18%
Large-scale atmospheric convection cell in which air rises at the equator and sinks at medium latitudes, typically about 30° north or south. Causes deserts to be dry	Hadley Cell	11%
A cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in chordates	Notochord	11%
Deterioration with age, in plants it is the reason why leaves change color in autumn	Senescence	9%
In ecology, it relates to feeding and nutrition. In physiology, it relates to hormones and its effects	Trophic	6%
A cyst containing a zygote formed by a parasitic protozoan, one example being the malaria parasite.	Oocyst	5%
Law of the minimum, the idea that growth is determined by the most limited/scarcest resource	Liebig's Law	3%

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