10.1 Classification Flashcards
1
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what are taxonomic groups
A
the 7 groups that are used for classification groups used in the heirarchy eg. kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
2
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why do scientists classify organisms
A
- to indentify organisms
- to predict characteristics
- to find evolutionary links (as they share a common ancestor)
3
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what are the three domains
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archea, bacteria, eukarya
4
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whats a species
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a group of organisms that are able to reproduce to produce fertile offspring
5
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how are species named
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genus(shared with closely related species) followed by species (specific to species) eg homo(genus)- sapiens(species)
6
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whats binomial nomenclature
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the scientific name for animals
7
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how should scientific names by written
A
the first letter of the genus should be capital and the rest should be lowercase
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