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Science of Systematics and Taxonomy Flashcards

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1
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Taxonomy began as ______ _______ (for medicine and survival)

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Applied Science

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describing, naming, and classifying organisms

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Taxonomy

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3
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Greek’s solution in applying order in the world they live in

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Classification

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discover, discern, describe, name, classify, study, compare, and identify the world’s living and extinct species and other taxa

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Taxonomists

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“Order could be demonstrated by categorizing life”

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Aristotelian Legacy

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making sure that knowledge and understanding of biodiversity is organized, easily understood, and can be easily accessed, and to ensure that science lives on. - for ____

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verification

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7
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How a specie diversify

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Speciation

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study of organic diversity of organisms and the relationship among them

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Systematics

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Systematics is considered as _____ because it shows how organisms are integrated at different levels (species to population; past to present)

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cornerstone

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This is done by taxonomists to distinguish and identify. Accompanied by illustrations.

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Documentation

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11
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Looking at individuals as a taxon

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Taxonomy

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12
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Divergence of different group; speciation

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Phylogeny

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13
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2 sides of biology

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functional and biological science

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Product of evolution

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Diversity

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component of systematics looking at the processes of nature that may have caused the variablity

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Study of the process of evolution

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biological or organismal processes involved that carry out life; biochem, physics, cell biology, photosynthesis

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Functional Science

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aka biological integration; interaction of species, population analysis, life cycle, phylogeny

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biological science

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__ % of all pharmaceutical compounds in USA are discovered from living organisms

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50

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20
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potential organisms that not only produce medicines, fuels, but also improve quality of products. Ex. wine from ____ ; bread from ______; yogurt from _____

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juice
yeast
bacteria

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using present data and comparing it to the past data and extrapolates it using models to create predictions for the future

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Enabling sustainability

21
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“uncertainty is the engine of science”

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predictions until proven

21
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Application of taxonomy and systematics to what?

by providing the evolutionary and taxonomic framework that allows an understanding of genetic

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Genetics

22
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botany began with _____ _____

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medical use

24
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Application of taxonomy and systematics to what?

ensuring that species and other taxa are scientifically robust, well characterized, and can be accurately identified

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Ecology

25
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Application of taxonomy and systematics to what?

characterizing and documenting the fossils that form the basis of much of stratigraphy and are therefore the key to mining, oil, and gas exploration

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Geology

26
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Application of taxonomy and systematics to what?
discovering and documenting the organisms, many of them microscopic and poorly studied, that underpin and drive ocean productivity

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Oceanography

27
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Application of taxonomy and systematics to what?

discriminating species and supporting an understanding of life history
management of natural resources and species stocks (inventories)

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Environmental Science

28
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what century?

Extensive botanical and zoological anatomy (identification)
The start of the use of cadavers
Separation of botany and zoology

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18th and 19th century

29
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Application of taxonomy and systematics to what?

characterizing pests, diseases, beneficial organisms, and wild relatives of crop plants

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Agricultural Science

30
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what century?

rise of botany and zoology as applied science

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16th century

31
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Application of taxonomy and systematics to what?

enabling deeper, more accurate knowledge of the microbiome

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Medicine

32
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Application of taxonomy and systematics to what?

enabling past, current, future climate change to be tracked through understanding the effects on species and ecological communities

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Climate Science

33
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Application of taxonomy and systematics to what?

providing authoritative species name that underpin conservation planning and legislation

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CONSERVATION SCIENCE

34
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Application of taxonomy and systematics to what?

documenting biogeochemical cycles that can help stabilize and drive the earth system

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Earth Science

35
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what century?

intro of theory of evolution
Systematics was studied in universities while taxonomy was assigned in museums

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19th century

36
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used to explain and support why they made a classification scheme from theory of evolution

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Evolutionary concepts

37
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written because of the insufficiency of accepted concepts at that time

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Origin of Species

38
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was actually written due to those studying biodiversity at that time

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Theory of Evolution

39
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study & classification of organisms for determination of evolutionary relationship of organisms

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Systematics

40
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Involved in the classification, naming, cladistics, and phylogenetics

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Systematics

41
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Taxonomy deals with evolutionary history of organisms

True or False?

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False.

42
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Systematics can change with further studies

True or False?

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False

43
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Organisms are from the same species if they have the same?

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species

44
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classification of organisms

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Taxonomy

45
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Organisms are closely related if they have the same genus or species?

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genus

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