Taxonomy

Question 1

The meaning of taxonomy

Answer 1

• the science of classification, identification and nomenclature of organism
• an aspect of systematics

Question 2

What is classification?

Answer 2

process by which organisms in the world are classified based on certain observed features

Question 3

What is identification?

Answer 3

process by which organisms are recognised and identified based on Linnaeus hierarchy

Question 4

What is nomenclature?

Answer 4

way of naming organisms scientifically based on the binomial system

Question 5

The advantages of taxonomy

Answer 5

1. classification → store and provide information on plants and animals systematically.
2. nomenclature allows taxonomists to give scientific names to organisms scattered all over the world.
3. to makes the study of morphology, anatomy and physiology easier.
4. to study the distribution of flora and fauna in the world.
5. to provides evidence to support organic evolution - can discover natural relationship among organisms in different categories in the Linnaeus hierarchy.

Question 6

Organisms can be classified as

Answer 6

1. Artificial classification

2. Natural classification

Question 7

3 main systems of natural classification

Answer 7

1. Phenetic
2. Phylogenetic
3. Cladistic

Question 8

What is artificial classification?

Answer 8

only one / two features are used to divide the organisms into two groups at a time

Question 9

Examples of artificial classification

Answer 9

Classification of plants;

a) edible & not edible.
b) red flowers & white flowers

Classification of animals;
a) with wings & without wings

(features like shape, colour and habitat are usually used in the classification)

Question 10

What is phenetic system?

Answer 10

process of grouping organisms based on mutual similarity and differences of phenotypic characteristics

Question 11

What is phylogenetic system?

Answer 11

shows evolutionary relationships and reflects evolutionary history

Question 12

What is clasdistics system?

Answer 12

organisms are classified based on the time of appearance of the evolutionary branch in the evolutionary tree

Question 13

3 domains classification system

ABE

Answer 13

1. Archaea
2. Bacteria
3. Eukaryote

Question 14

5 kingdom classification system

FAPEP

Answer 14

1. Fungi
2. Animalia
3. Plantae
4. Eukaryotae
5. Prokaryotae

Question 15

6 kingdom classification system

FEPAPA

Answer 15

1. Fungi
2. Eubacteria
3. Plantae
4. Animalia
5. Protista
6. Archaebacteria

Question 16

What is the current mode of classification?

Answer 16

hierarchy of classification

Question 17

7 main taxonomy

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Answer 17

1. Kingdom
2. Phylum
3. Class
4. Order
5. Family
6. Genus
7. Species

Question 18

A scientific name consists of the ___name and the ___name

Answer 18

genus & species

Question 19

Scientific name are generally derived from _____

Answer 19

Greek

Question 20

In writing, genus name must begin with a ____ letter and the rest in ____ letters and need to be ____

Answer 20

a) capital
b) small
c) underlined

Question 21

In printing, the scientific names must be presented in ____

Answer 21

italics

Question 22

The scientific name is specific to ___ particular species

Answer 22

one

Question 23

Why is scientific name important?

Answer 23

• allows biology to be international

- enable scientists from different culture to universally identify an organism