chapter 15 tracing evolutionary history

Question 1

the branch of biology concerned with identifying and classifying species.

Answer 1

taxonomy

Question 2

This is devised as a method of naming species and a hierarchical classification scheme that nests species within progressively broader groups of organisms

Answer 2

taxonomy

Question 3

in the linnaen system, biologists assign each species a two-part scientific name

Answer 3

binomial

Question 4

What is the first part of the binomial to which the species belongs.

Answer 4

genus

Question 5

what is the second part of a binomial?

Answer 5

the specific epithet ,is used to distinguish each species within the genus.

Question 6

the first part of the scientific name is ____ to a person’s surname in that it is shared by close relatives.

Answer 6

analagous

Question 7

The specific epithet is ____ to a person’s first name-unrelated people often have the same first name.

Answer 7

analogous

Question 8

what are the 6 introduced a system for grouping species into a hierarchy of increasingly inclusive categories?

Answer 8

1) the first step oft-