Chapter 16

Question 1

Genus

Answer 1

first word in latin name

Question 2

Carolus Linnaeus developed the 2 name system called

Answer 2

binomial nomenclature

Question 3

International code of binomial nomenclature

Answer 3

a single book of the various names and recommendations of names for plants

Question 4

Taxa (singular: taxon)

Answer 4

groups of plants that are grouped in nested ranks

Question 5

kingdom

Answer 5

second Largest branch on the classification list

Question 6

flagella

Answer 6

small whiplike structures

Question 7

Domain

Answer 7

superkingdom, largest and most broad branch on the classification list

Question 8

Dichotomous Key

Answer 8

gives readers pairs of statements based on the characteristics of the thing being classified

Question 9

Morphological species concepts

Answer 9

define species based on their morphology (growth form)

Question 10

species

Answer 10

a population capable of interbreeding and is reproductively isolated from other groups.

Question 11

ecological species

Answer 11

a group of related individuals that occupy a unique ecological niche

Question 12

phylogenetics

Answer 12

the study of evolutionary similarities among groups of organisms

Question 13

cladograms

Answer 13

portray relationships in branching diagrams (evolutionary trees)

Question 14

character state

Answer 14

the value or form of a feature in cladistics

Question 15

binomial

Answer 15

“two name”