Classification

Question 1

Define biodiversity

Answer 1

the variety of life on Earth and the essential interdependence of all living things

Question 2

Define species

Answer 2

A group of morphologically similar creatures which can interbreed to produce fertile offspring and are ‘reproductively isolated’ OR creatures who are related through phylogeny

Question 3

Define speciation

Answer 3

the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution, usually through isolation

Question 4

Define ALLOPATRIC speciation

Answer 4

where the two populations are physically isolated

Question 5

Define SYMPATRIC speciation

Answer 5

two populations are reproductively isolated in the same environment

Question 6

Define PERIPATRIC speciation

Answer 6

When small groups of individuals break off from the larger group and form a new species

Question 7

Define PARAPATRIC speciation

Answer 7

a species is spread out over a large geographic area

Question 8

what are the 7 main phyla of animalia?

Answer 8

Porifera
Cnidaria
Platyhelminthes
Annelida
Mollusca
Arthropoda
Chordata

Question 9

Define convergent evolution

Answer 9

the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time

Question 10

What are the 4 main phyla of plantae?

Answer 10

Bryophyta
Filicinophyta
Coniferophyta
Angiospermophyta