Classification Flashcards

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What is classification? What is similiar?

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The name given to the process by which living organisms are sorted into groups. Share similiar features.

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2
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What are taxonomic groups?

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the most widely used classfication system ordered in a heirarchy

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3
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What are the seven groups in the classification system?

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Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
(memorise like a chant)
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4
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What are hierarchal classification systems also referred to as?

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Linnean classification

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5
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What is the further taxon of classification?

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Domain

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What led to the addition of this further level?

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Further studies into genetical material

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7
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Why are classification systems always changing?

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Due to advances in scientific thinking and techniques which provide more detail into the biological and genetic make-up of organisms.

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8
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What is the system of naming called?

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binomial nomenculture

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What is binomial nomenculture?

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the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organisms, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet.

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What does epithet mean?

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Title- e.g. the species in binomial nomenculture

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Why do scientists classify organisms? (3 brief points)

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  • to identify species
  • to predict characteristics
  • to find evolutionary links
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12
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Define species

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A group of organisms that can reproduce to produce fertile offspring

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13
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What are the 3 domains?

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Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

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14
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What makes offspring infertile?

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Having an odd number of chromosomes, because meiosis and gamete production cannot take place correctly.

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Why can’t meiosis and gamete production take place normally in infertile offspring?

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Must be even number as chromosomes must pair up.

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16
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What is the plural of genus?

17
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What is the classification of humans?

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Eukarya
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Hominidae (great apes ://// )
Homo
sapiens
18
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What is intraspecific and

interspecific variation?

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  • Intraspecific: differences that occur within a species

- Interspecific: differences that occur between different species

19
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What are groups in classification called?

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taxon

plural- taxa

20
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What did Carl Linneaus base his classification system upon?

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human observation ,and limited ohysical and sexual characteristics.

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What did Carl Linneus do when clasifying humans?

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Divided them into varieties: white, red, tawny and black

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What did Carl linneaus’ book System Naturae propose?

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Heirarichal views based on innate moral and intellectual capacities.
Contributed to birth of scientific racism.

23
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What is an articficial classification system?

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System grouping using observable characteristsics instead of phylogeny.

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What was Linneaus’ taxonomy of plants based upon?

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Their reproductive organs.

Controversial for the church

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What is important when writing bonimial nomenculture? What is the term to describe this system?
italic or underlined if handwritten. | Universal
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What are the 5 recognised kingdoms? What are the 3 other debated kingdoms (2 would replace bacteria)
archaebacteria eubacteria viruses
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What is the 3-Doman classification?
A form of classification that used DNA, RNA and protein comparison to show phylogenic links
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What is phylogeny?
The study of relationships among different groups of organisms and their evolutionary development.
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What is taxonomy?
the science/study of classification
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What factors cause variation?
Genetic, environmental
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characterisstics that cause variation can be either ____ or _______
continuous variation | discontinuous variation
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How is discontinuous data shown graphically?
Most commonly shown as a bar chart with qualitative categories on the x-axis and frequency on the y-axis.
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Discontinuous variation
- Characteristics that show spearate categories and classes - no intermediate types - data is qualitative (no units) - strong genetic influence - e.g. gender, shape of bacteria
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How is continuous data shown graphically? General shape?
Most commonly shwn as a histogram with quantitaive categories on x-axis and frequency on y-axis - general shape is bell shaped
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Continuous variation
- characterisstics that range between 2 extremes - graduation in values - continuum (continuous sequence) - data is quantitative (measured in units) - no types or catogories - strong environmental influence and if genes are involved is often polygenic - e.g. height, weight, mass of plants