DAY 6

Question 1

Phylogeny

Answer 1

an organism’s evolutionary history that indicates how a species “branched” off from other species and genetically distinguished itself

Question 2

Kingdom

Answer 2

second highest level of classification; includes animals, plants, fungi, and protists

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

the most specific level of classification tat defines an individual organism

Question 4

Homology

Answer 4

the study of anatomical, molecular, or developmental similarities between organims

Question 5

Hierarchy

Answer 5

a classification technique that is based starts with a high level of generalization that increases in specificity and definition

Question 6

Biogeography

Answer 6

geographic distribution of organisms; species living within the same region are more likely to be closely related

Question 7

Natural Selection

Answer 7

process by which organisms with a certain set of favorable traits survive and reporduce other individuals with the same set of traits

Question 8

Domains

Answer 8

the most generalized level of biological classification; includes archae, bacteria, and eukarya

Question 9

Taxonomy

Answer 9

the study of classification of organisms; enables scientits to use a common system of classifying organisms

Question 10

Autotroph

Answer 10

an organism that creates its own food, usually through photosynthesis

Question 11

Heterotroph

Answer 11

an organism that must get its energy from consuming other organisms