classification

Question 1

what is a binomial system

Answer 1

a system of naming species in which each species has two names : a generic name and a specific epithet

Question 2

what is a taxonomy

Answer 2

the study and practice of naming and classifying species and groups of species within the hierarchal classification scheme

Question 3

what is biological classification

Answer 3

the organisation of living and extinct organisms into systematic grouse based on similarities and differences between species

Question 4

what is hierarchal classification

Answer 4

the arrangement of organisms into groups of different rank. The lowest rank is the species; similar species are grouped together into the next rank, which is genus.
This continues to the highest rank which is the domain. which groups many diverse species together

Question 5

what is a taxonomic rank

Answer 5

any level within the hierarchal classification, for example domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species

Question 6

what is a taxon

Answer 6

a group of organisms at any rank in there hierarchal classification scheme, for example any names specie, or any group such as mammals and plants at higher taxonomic ranks

Question 7

what is the taxonomic rank

Answer 7

domain 
kingdom
phylum 
class
order
family 
genus
species

Question 8

what are the three domains

Answer 8

bacteria
archaea
Eukarya

Question 9

what are the five kingdoms

Answer 9

prokaryota 
protoctist 
Fungi 
plantea 
animalia

Question 10

what is the domain bacteria

Answer 10

prokaryotic cells

Question 11

what is the domain Archaea

Answer 11

prokaryotic cells

Question 12

what Is the domain Eukarya

Answer 12

eukaryotic cells

Question 13

what is homology

Answer 13

the existence of shared fear that are inherited from a common ancestor. The shared features may not be used for the same function; for example, bat wings and human arms are homologous structures because they have the same pattern of bones, but they are used in different ways

Question 14

what is phylogeny

Answer 14

the evolutionary history of nay particular taxon

Question 15

what are the ways in which molecular evidence is used in classification

Answer 15

• use of antibodies, to detect similarities between the proteins in blood plasma of different species
• protein sequencing, looking at the order of amino acids and how similar they are
• DNA hybridisation, used to measure the similarities between DNA of different species
• DNA sequencing, similar to protein sequencing as it is looking at the codes for which orders the order of AA, produces a lot more detail than PS
• databases