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Biodiversity, Species and Taxonomy Flashcards

Biodiversity, Diversity index, Ecosystem stability, Farming, Taxonomy, The classification system, Phylogenetics, Courtship behaviour, Modern classifaction methods, Method of direct comparison, Proteins, Immunological comparisons

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The number of species and the number of individuals of each of the species within any one community

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Biodiversity

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A measure of the number of different species in a community

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Species richness

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All the individuals of all the species living together in the same area at the same time

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Community

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A group of similar organisms that can reproduce and produce fertile offspring

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Species

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Variety of species in a community

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Diversity

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What does a higher value in the diversity index mean?

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A higher value of d the greater the species diversity

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The place where an organism lives within an ecosystem

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Habitat

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d

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Species diversity

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N

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Total number if organisms of all species

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n

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Total number of organisms of each species

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What is ecosystem stability?

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The greater the diversity the more stable the ecosystem is because with a wide range of organisms, it is less likely a disease or a change in climate will affect every organism, allowing the ecosystem continue to exist.

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Name four economic arguments for maintaining diversity

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  1. Medical/pharmaceutical uses
  2. Tourism
  3. Agriculture
  4. Saving local forest communities
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What is the impact of farming?

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It tends to reduce diversity

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Four reasons farming reduces diversity are:

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  1. Natural plants and animals are lost when the land is ploughed
  2. May reduce food sources and habitats
  3. Growth of specific crops/animals occurs and growth of other species is controlled/stopped
  4. Pesticides and herbicides may be used to kill unwanted species and fertilisers are designed to encourage the growth of specific crops
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The science of classification

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Taxonomy

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What does taxonomy involve?

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Naming and grouping organisms according to shared characteristics which allows scientists to identify and study organisms, and then compare their findings

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What do scientists use to give species names?

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Binomial system, which means each species has a two-worded scientific name that is universal

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What is the first word of a species name

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Genus

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What is the second word of a species name

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Species

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How are scientific names written?

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Usually in italics or underlined

The species is all in lowercase (e.g. Homo sapien)

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What is the classification system?

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Organsisms are placed into taxa based on their shared characteristics

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What is special about the classification system?

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It is a hierarchical system so groups are within groups and there is no overlap

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What is the first group within the hierarchy?

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Domain

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What is the second group within the hierarchy?

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Kingdom

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What is the third group within the hierarchy?

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Phylum

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What is the fourth group within the hierarchy?

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Class

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What is the fifth group within the hierarchy?

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Order

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What is the sixth group within the hierarchy?

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Family

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What is the seventh group within the hierarchy?

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Genus

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What is the eighth group within the hierarchy?

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Species

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What mnemonic can be used to help remember the order?

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Delicious King Prawn Curry Or Fat Greasy Sausages

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What is meant by a phylogenetic group?

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Grouped according to evolutionary links/history/relationships/common ancestry

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How are organisms which share the same common ancestor shown on a phylogenetic tree?

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Have branches closer together/branching off from each other

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Whys is courtship behaviour carried out?

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To attract a mate of the same species. Courtship behaviour is important to reproductive success

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How is courtship behaviour determined?

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Genteically, so organisms more closely related display similar patterns of courtship behaviour

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Give three examples of courtship behaviour

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  1. Fireflies give of pulses of light - each species has a specific pattern
  2. Many birds have specific displays - each species has displays a different pattern of movements within displays
  3. Male butterflies release chemicals - different for each species
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What were the original classification based off?

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Observable features

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What do scientists use to class animals?

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Genetic and molecular evidence

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What does DNA tell scientists about the relation of two species?

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The more closely elated the species the similar the DNA will be

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How is DNA hybridisation performed?

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. Take DNA from the two species you want to compare and heat to break the H bonds between the strands separating them
. Mix DNA and cool - producing DNA hybrids
. Increase the temperature in small increments
. Measure the amount of hybrid DNA which is still double stranded at each temperature

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What do the results of hybridisation mean?

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The more similar the species the higher the temperature required to break the H bonds and separate the two strands

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What do proteins tell scientist about the relation of two species?

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Proteins are coded by DNA, so the more similar the amino acid sequence the more similar the DNA sequence and therefore the more closely related the two species are

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What does immunological comparisons tell scientist about the relation of two species?

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If antibodies made in response to one species protein are able to bind to the proteins for another species and clump, they shared an ancestor more recently in time

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