Diveristy of Life Introduction

Question 1

What is taxonomy?

Answer 1

the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms

Question 2

How did Aristotle group organisms?

Answer 2

based on habitat

Question 3

Who is considered the father of taxonomy?

Answer 3

linneaues

Question 4

What is syematics

Answer 4

a broader science that deals with taxonomy and evolutionary history

Question 5

What is binomial nomenclature?

Answer 5

2 word latin name

Question 6

What is the order of Taxons broadest to most specific

Answer 6

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Familly, Genus, Species

Question 7

What is the definition of species?

Answer 7

group of organisms that are able to produce viable offspring

Question 8

Phyla in plants are called _________

Answer 8

divisions

Question 9

What is phylogeny

Answer 9

evoltuonary history

Question 10

What are the purpose of cladistics?

Answer 10

classifies organisms according to the order they diverged from a common ancestor

Question 11

What is another term for cladograms

Answer 11

phylogenic trees

Question 12

How are relationships determined?

Answer 12

evolutionary history, development and behavior, and biochem

Question 13

Evidence for the 3 domain system:

Distinct differences in the ____ sequence between 2 groups of prokaryotes

Answer 13

rRNA

Question 14

Evidence for the 3 domain system:

___ sequencing data

Answer 14

DNA

Question 15

Evidence for the 3 domain system:

________ structure

Answer 15

membrane