Taxonomy and Evolution

Question 1

Who is Carolus Linnaeus?

Answer 1

Father of Modern Taxonomy

Question 2

What is the Systema Naturae?

Answer 2

A publication that established the system for naming animals and grouping them together.

Question 3

What edition is the Systema Naturae?

Answer 3

10th edition

Question 4

List in order the taxonomic ranks

Answer 4

Kingdom. 
  Phylum. 
    Class. 
      Order. 
        Family. 
          Genus. 
             Species.

Question 5

ICZN

Answer 5

International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature. For Zoology. Established Sept 18th 1895

Naming system for animals

Question 6

ICBN:

Answer 6

International Code for Botanical Nomenclature. For Botany, Algae, Fungi

Naming system for plants

Question 7

ICNB:

Answer 7

International Code for Nomenclature of Bacteria. For Prokaryotes

Question 8

Suffices for Animal Superfamily

Answer 8

-oidea

Question 9

Suffices for Animal Family

Answer 9

-idae

Question 10

Suffices for Animal Subfamily

Answer 10

-inae

Question 11

Suffices for Animal Tribe

Answer 11

-ina

Question 12

Suffices for Animal Subtribe

Answer 12

-ad

Question 13

What does the modified Linnean Hierarchy add to the taxonomic rank list?

Answer 13

Domain, 
Subkingdom, 
Subphylum, 
Supraclass, 
Superclass, 
Subclass, 
Infraclass, 
Suborder, 
Superfamily,
Subfamily, 
Subspecies

Question 14

What is Evolution?

Answer 14

Change through time

Question 15

What requires variation, inheritance, and selection?

Answer 15

Evolution

Question 16

Father of Evolution

Answer 16

Charles Darwin

Question 17

Define directional natural selection

Answer 17

when individuals with traits on one side of the mean in their population survive better or reproduce more than those on the other

Question 18

Define stabilizing natural selection

Answer 18

type of natural selection in which the population mean stabilizes on a particular non-extreme trait value.

Question 19

Define disruptive natural selection

Answer 19

a mode of natural selection in which extreme values for a trait are favored over intermediate values