A3.1 Diversity of Organisms

Question 1

Morphological species

Answer 1

Classified based on appearance

Question 2

Biological species

Answer 2

Classified based on whether or not species can interbreed

Question 3

Binomial nomenclature

Answer 3

Capitalized genus name - italics species name

Question 4

Genus

Answer 4

Species with common characterisitcs

Question 5

Genome

Answer 5

All the genetic information of an organism

Question 6

Genome sequencing

Answer 6

Process of determining the order of bases in an organism’s genetic code

Question 7

DNA barcoding

Answer 7

Used to identify and store DNA of species -> 1. DNA sample is collected, 2. DNA is amplified using PCR, 3. DNA is entered into the a database and compared.

Question 8

Dichotomous key

Answer 8

Series of questions based on observable characteristics which are used to classify species.