Ch 23 Systematics Flashcards

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What language is the word ‘science’ derived from?

What makes it unique?

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from Latin: know

science is unique because it values objectivity

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What is science?

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continually collecting new info to test previously acquired knowledge

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Subjective:

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influenced by personal feelings/opinions

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Objective:

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not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering facts

  • not dependent on the mind for existence
    • a matter of fact(indisputable)
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The process of science includes what 2 ways of reasoning?

Describe them.

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Inductive Reasoning - draws General conclusions based on specific observations (theory building)

Deductive reasoning - draws Specific conclusions based on Premises (using theory to predict; depends on inductive reasoning

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What is a hypothesis and what makes it more than just a guess?

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a tentative(can be proven false) explanation for observations

  • reason it is more than a guess is because it is consistent with facts/ observations
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Scientific Theory

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tested on how well it explains the things it predicts

supported by reproducible observations

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taxonomy

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science of classifying, naming, describing, organisms

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systematics:

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study of diversity of organisms and their evolutionary relationships
- gives reason for taxonomy

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why do scientists use specific names and classifications of organisms?

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provides a system to give Every kind organism a unique name

- led to the binomial system

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Who developed the Binomial System of Nomenclature and, what is the basic unit of classification?

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Lenaeus (swedish guy) in mid-18th century

- species is the basic unit of classification

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what are the 2 parts in binomial nomenclature

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  1. genus name

2. specific epithet(adj)

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whats the order of the Hierarchical System of Classification ?

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Domain  (domain king philip came over for great spaghetti)
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
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Taxon

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particular ‘group’ at any level in the hierarchy

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What are 3 Domain classifications?

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Archaea (Prokaryotes, no nucleus or peptidoglycan in walls)

Bacteria (Prokaryotes. peptidoglycan IS in walls)

Eukarya (Eukaryotes. have nucleus, Protists, Plants, Animals, Fungi)

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What are in the 6 Kingdom Classifications

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Bacteria (in order from least to most complex organisms
Achaea
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia