Biology: Classification

Question 1

classification

Answer 1

grouping of items according to similar characteristics

Question 2

taxonomy

Answer 2

science of classifying living things

Question 3

dichotomous key

Answer 3

tool used in the identification of organisms

Question 4

prokaryote

Answer 4

no cell nucleus

Question 5

eukaryote

Answer 5

nucleus present

Question 6

cladistics

Answer 6

determines evolutionary relationships between organisms based on derived similarities

Question 7

what are the three domains or super kingdoms

Answer 7

archaea-no nuclear membrane
bacteria- no nuclear membrane
eucarya- nuclear membrane

Question 8

classification of organisms

Answer 8

kingdom
phyla
class
order
family
genus
species

Question 9

binomial nomenclature

Answer 9

scientific name, genus then species (genus capitalized)

Question 10

what are humans binomial nomenclature

Answer 10

Homo sapiens

Question 11

how do you know if organisms are in the same species

Answer 11

can they reproduce with each other
are their offspring fertile
if both are yes then yes

Question 12

what are the 5 kingdoms

Answer 12

monera
protsist
animal
plantae
fungi

Question 13

monera

Answer 13

1 cell
prokaryote
if move then flagellum
auto/heterotrophic
example: bacteria

Question 14

blue green algae

Answer 14

prokaryotic
photosynthetic
chlorophyll not enclosed in chloroplast
contain ribosomes
produce oxygen

Question 15

protista

Answer 15

1 cell
eukaryote
both auto and heterotrophic
example: ameba

Question 16

fungi

Answer 16

multicellular
eukaryotic
heterotrophic
example:mushroom

Question 17

plantae

Answer 17

multicellular
eukaryotic
autotrophic
exp: fern

Question 18

Animalia

Answer 18

multicellular
eukaryotic
heterotrophic
exp: frog

Question 19

carolus linnaeus

Answer 19

came up with the basic frame work of classification

Question 20

what causes the “great diversity of life”

Answer 20

adaptive radiation

Question 21

natural selection

Answer 21

principal mechanism driving adaptive radiation

Question 22

homologins

Answer 22

ancestor had the same feature

Question 23

parallelism

Answer 23

ancestor had initial feature that led to later similarity

Question 24

convergence

Answer 24

more distant common ancestor
trait developed after
ancestor didn’t have that trait

Question 25

analogy

Answer 25

no known common ancestor