1.1/1.3 Kahoot - Classifying Life's Diversity Flashcards

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1
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species concepts

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  • Biological
  • Phylogenetic
  • morphological
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The morphological species concept defines species by

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The size, shape, and structure of an organism or its parts

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A limitation of the morphological species concept:

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members of the same species can appear quite different

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the phylogenetic species concept…

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defines species based on their common ancestor

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What is an advantage of the Phylogenetic Species concept?

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can be applied to extinct species

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The biological species concept defines a species as

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Population that can mate and produce fertile offspring

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The biological species concept is inadequate for grouping

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asexual organisms.

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What is the primary, accepted species concept?

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biological

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9
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What is the current most widely accepted definition of “species”?

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Organisms that can interbreed and create viable offspring

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10
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What is Binomial Nomenclature?

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A classification system using 2 names to identify a species

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11
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Binomial Nomenclature naming uses what 2 taxon?

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Genus name + Species name

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12
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Hierarchal Classification was invented by ____________.

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Carlolus Linneaus

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What is the hierarchal scheme of classification?

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DOMAIN> KINGDOM> PHYLUM> CLASS> ORDER> FAMILY> GENUS> SPECIES

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14
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Which is the taxonomic rank containing the largest number of organisms?

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Domain

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15
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Which is the taxonomic rank containing the fewest organisms?

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Species

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16
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the 3 Domain

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Eukarya
Archaea
Bacteria

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17
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one of the three types of evidence used to show relationships between organisms?

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anatomical
physiological
DNA

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18
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The fossil record provides evidence that

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Older species gave rise to more-recent species.

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19
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Similar DNA sequences in genes can be evidence of:

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Common ancestry

20
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What are homologous structures?

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Structures with a similar anatomy but different function

21
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What is the definition of taxonomy?

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The science of classifying organisms

22
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What is the relationship between DNA and relatedness?

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The more DNA in common, the more related 2 organisms are.

23
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What does a phylogenetic tree show us?

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How closely related species are based on DNA evidence.

24
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what is a cladogram?

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a diagram that is based on patterns of shared traits

25
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What do clades represent?

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a group of organisms with a last common ancestor

26
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3 important reasons for proper classification of organisms

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agriculture
conservation
medical

27
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The red maple has the scientific name Acer rubrum. Its species name is

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rubrum

28
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In 1990, Carl Woese proposed a new level of classification called the

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three-domain system

29
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Which domain is NOT prokaryotic?

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Eukarya

30
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Organisms in Domains Bacteria & Archaea are_______________

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Prokaryotic

31
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Archaea are put in a different domain to bacteria because…

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They have a different biochemistry

32
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All members of the Kingdom Animalia are multicellular _________.

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heterotrophs whose cells lack walls

33
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What are the six kingdoms of life?

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Animals, plants, fungi, protista, archaea, and bacteria

34
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The kindgoms that belong to Eukarya

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animals, fungi, protist, plants

35
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The domain Eukarya contains:

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unicellular and multi-cellular organisms

36
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One way Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes differ is:

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Eukarya have organelles and Prokarya don’t

37
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Humans belong in what kingdom?

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animals

38
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An autotroph…

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Makes its own food

39
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The Kingdom that contains multicellular autotrophs?

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Plant

40
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Heterotroph means?

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organism that cannot make its own food

41
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Which kingdom has cell walls with PEPTIDOGLYCAN?

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Bacteria

42
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Which kingdom has a cell wall but no nucleus?

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Archaea

43
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I am living, my cells have a nucleus, I am multicellular, with no cell wall, and no chloroplasts, so I am a(n)…..

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Animal

44
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The presence of CHITIN in a cell wall automatically clues you that it is what kingdom?

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fungi

45
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What kingdoms have NO TRUE nucleus?

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Bacteria & Archaea

46
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A dichotomous key is…

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sets of paired statements use to identify an organism

47
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How many choices are there in a dichotomous key?

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2