What is an advantage of using scientific names?
A) There is only one name per species.
B) They are universal to all languages.
C) They can indicate the relatedness of organisms.
D) All of these choices
Question 2
What would explain the poor condition for biological productivity in the open tropical ocean?
A) Converging currents produce downwelling, thus carrying nutrients to the deep ocean.
B) Gyres contain pollution and decaying organisms that use up available nutrients.
C) Upwelling delivers seafloor sediment to the surface, thus blocking necessary sunlight for photosynthesis.
D) Strong layering isolates deep, nutrient-rich water from the sunlit ocean surface.
Difficulties in applying the morphological species concept
Connell's experimental manipulation of species indicated the presence of competition.
The frequency of competition according to the number of species involved.
Extinction and immigration of bird species on the California Channel Islands between 1917 and 1968 (
Anatomical and common names for the pectoral girdle and upper extremity.
Ant species richness by latitude.