Statistics for Biology Vocabulary

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What do we call organisms that have already died out?	Extinct	82%
What is the scientific name for humans?	Homo Sapiens	82%
Where is the above located in a cell?	Nucleus	80%
Which famous organisms once ruled the earth, but were wiped out 65mya?	Dinosaurs	79%
Which molecule, inside every cell, holds instructions for protein synthesis?	Deoxyribonucleic Acid	74%
What do we call organisms in danger of dying out in the near future?	Endangered	72%
Which flightless bird once resided on Mauritius, but were all killed as easy prey?	Dodo birds	68%
	Animalia	65%
What is a fertilized egg called?	Zygote	63%
What is the molecule that actually carries that information out of the nucleus?	Ribonucleic Acid	60%
	Plantae	59%
	Fungi	58%
	Species	57%
	Kingdom	55%
	Eubacteria	54%
	Genus	53%
	Phylum	52%
	Class	50%
	Family	50%
Which scientist developed the theory of heredity?	Gregor Mendel	48%
	Order	47%
What did they experiment on to form their theory?	Pea plants	45%
	Protista	35%
Taxons	Domain	34%
Kingdoms	Archaebacteria	32%
Which scientist developed the above?	Carl Linnaeus	26%
Which organisms produce both sperm and egg?	Hermaphrodites	18%
What system are scientific names derived with?	Binomial Nomenclature	15%