Taxonomy

Question 1

What is phylogenetic taxonomy?

Answer 1

The classification of living organisms based on evolutionary relationships

Question 2

What are most Taxonomic Systems based upon?

Answer 2

Phylogenetic hierarchy

Question 3

How are organisms classified in the natural biological classification?

Answer 3

1. Organisms are placed into groups
2. Each group is known as a taxon
3. Smaller groups are wholly contained within larger taxa with no overlap

Question 4

What are groups based on?

Answer 4

1. Anatomy
2. Morphology
3. Behaviour
4. Bioochemistry

Question 5

What is the name for the name given to species?

Answer 5

Binomial name

Question 6

What are the 8 Taxa?

Answer 6

1. Domain
2. Kingdom
3. Phylem
4. Class
5. Order
6. Family
7. Genus
8. Species

Question 7

What is morphology?

Answer 7

The study of the structure of organisms

Question 8

What does the fossil record provide?

Answer 8

Clues to evolutionary relationships but often fossil records are incomplete

Question 9

Classification Systems consist of hierarchy - what does this mean?

Answer 9

1. Organisms are placed into groups (taxa)
2. Organisms are grouped in order
3. Large groups divided into smaller groups
4. No-overlap between the groups