Taxonomy

Question 0

Define argot and it’s purpose

Answer 0

the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group
Used for communication

Question 1

What is taxonomy?

Answer 1

Used for naming things➡️being able to agree on a word for something=essential 4 communication.
Specific names for specific things
Argot

Question 2

What is the history of taxonomy?

Answer 2

• Medicinal plants in ancient Egypt
• Aristotle and his division of vertebrates and invertebrate animals
• system and categories based on morphology
• started by Greeks and Romans

Question 3

Language used in taxonomy?

Answer 3

Latin but the names were too long ➡️binomial nomenclature
First name:genus
Second: species

Question 4

Define morphology

Answer 4

Study of the form and structure of organisms and their structural features
-anatomy:study of form + structure of internal features of an organism
Presently: nobody studies just outside features anymore

Question 5

Who was Carl Von Linne?

Answer 5

Father of biological taxonomy

Created systema naturae

Question 6

What is systema naturae?

Answer 6

All matter in one of 3 kingdoms
Animal, vegetable, or mineral
*linnean taxonomy
1.binomial nomenclature 
2. Classification system

Question 7

What was the Linnean taxonomy classification system?

Answer 7

Categorizes organisms into groups- TAXA
Hierarchy in groups
Kingdom 
Class
Order
Genus
Species

Question 8

Modern classification system

Answer 8

Minerals were kicked out
Domain
Kingdom
Phyla
Class 
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Question 9

What is the problem with linnean taxonomy ?

Answer 9

1. Based on opinion

2. Qualitative