Classification And Evoloution Flashcards
Define classification
The process of naming and organising into groups based on their characteristics
What are the eight groups in the classification hierarchy
Domain -kingdom -phlyum -class-order-family-genus-species
What are the two components to a binomial name
Generic name -genus the organism belong to
Spermicide name -species the organism belongs to
What are the advantages of the binomial naming system
Universal
What are the five kingdoms
Prokaryote Fungi Animalia Protoctista Plantae
What are the three domains
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukaryota
What can you do where an organism have similar characteristics
Classify them into kingdoms
What is phylogeny
Investigates the evolutionary relationship between organism
Give evidence of evolution
Fossils
Genomic DNA-sequencing of genomes
Molecular- proteins are composed of the same 20 amino acid in all organism
What’s the difference between intraspecfic and interspecfic
Intra-same species
Inter-different species
What are the characteristics of a discontinuous variation
Single
Qualitative
Discrete categories
What are the characteristics of continuous variation
No defined categories
Range of values
Quantitative
What are the three domains
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya
What are domain classification based on
rNA
Protein synthesis
