Biodiversity- (1) Naming and Classifying Species

Question 1

Three main species concepts

Answer 1

Morphological species concept, Biological species conflict, phylogenic species concept

Question 2

Whats the morphological species concept

Answer 2

Comparison of phenotype
is simple, but has the disadvantage of mimicry, and non identical populations

Question 3

Whats the biological species concept

Answer 3

Ability of a population to interbreed- simple enough, but hard to do due to geographical separation, asexual reproduction, and extinct species.

Question 4

Whats binomial nomenclature?

Answer 4

Each species has a two part name- Genus and scientific name. Developed by carl linneo

Question 5

Whats taxonomy?

Answer 5

Branch of biology that identifies, names, and classifies species

Question 6

what does DKPCOFGSS

Answer 6

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Sub Species

Question 7

Whats a taxon?

Answer 7

Specific name for each species at each individual rank