F ... 19 - Diversity and Systematics

Question 1

five kingdoms

Answer 1

bacteria
protista
animalia
plantae
fungi

Question 2

Divisions of life

Answer 2

bacteria
archaea
eukarya
- fungi
- animals
- plants

Question 3

father of systematic botany

Answer 3

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 4

binomial system of nomenclature

Answer 4

Genus species

Question 5

problem with common names

Answer 5

one plant known by several names in different regions, confused with other plants of same name

Question 6

taxonomic hierarchy

Answer 6

domain
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species

Question 7

species

Answer 7

individuals closely related by descent from common ancestor, can reproduce with one another but not with other species

Question 8

cladogram

Answer 8

graphical representation of phylogenetic characteristics

Question 9

char to consider in plant classification

Answer 9

life span
overall appearance
root system
leaf/flowers

Question 10

nodes

Answer 10

‘fork’ … represents taxonimic unit

Question 11

branches

Answer 11

define relationship between taxonomic units

Question 12

branch length

Answer 12

changes that have occurred in the branch

Question 13

rooted tree

Answer 13

common ancestor

Question 14

unrooted tree

Answer 14

only specifies relationship between species, not common ancestor

Question 15

monophyletic

Answer 15

group of species that descend from a shared single ancestor

Question 16

polyphyletic

Answer 16

group containing unrelated species that descend from more than one ancestor

Question 17

angiosperms, mono or polyphyletic?

Answer 17

polyphyletic