Exercise 13 Flashcards

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1
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The name “human” is an example of a

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Common name

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2
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Current scientific thought places organisms in one of ___ kingdoms

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Six

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3
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The scientific name for the ruffled grouse is Bonasa Umbellus. Bonasa is

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The genus

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4
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A binomial is always a

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Two part name

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5
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The science of classifying and naming organisms is known as

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Taxonomy

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6
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A road that dichotomizes is

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A road that forks into two roads

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7
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Most scientific names are derived from

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Latin

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8
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One objection to common names is that

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  1. Many organisms have the same common name
  2. Many common names exist for the same organism
  3. The common name may not be familiar to an individual not speaking the language of the common name
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9
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Phylogeny is the apparent

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Ancestry of an organism

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10
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Common names

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names which you are probably most familiar

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Scientific names

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unique to each kind of organism and that are used throughout the world

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12
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the first word of the binomial that designates the group to which the organism belongs

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the genus

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13
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what does the scientific name of the species include?

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the genus name and the species epithet

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14
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Taxonomy from most broad to most specific

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Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
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Taxonomy

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the science of classification (categorizing) and the nomenclature (naming)

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16
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Classification became a

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phylogenetic system

17
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Phylogenetic system

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one indicating the presumed evolutionary ancestry among organisms

18
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Herbarium

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a repository, a museum of sorts, of preserved plants