Taxonomy & Systematics

Question 1

Etymology

Answer 1

the study of word origins

Question 2

Taxonomy

Answer 2

the (theory and) practice of classifying organism

Question 3

Systematics

Answer 3

the theory (and practice) of classifying organism

Question 4

Nomenclature

Answer 4

a system of rules for naming things

Question 5

Ethnotaxonomy

Answer 5

examines how different cultures classify plants and animals

Question 6

Linnaeus

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Use of Latin and binomen as and as universal

practice of scientific species nomenclature

Question 7

1 Jan 1758

Answer 7

first day that published binomials considered ‘official’

Question 8

genus & specific name

Answer 8

the two parts of a binomen

Question 9

Levels or Ranks

Answer 9

nested subsets containing groups of taxa

Question 10

taxa

Answer 10

a group of organisms

Question 11

International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN)

Answer 11

determines how animal taxon names should be formed and when they should be changed

Question 12

senior synonym

Answer 12

It has priority over more recent published taxon names and is usually considered the correct one

Question 13

junior synonym

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a more recent published taxon name for a taxon that has been named and published previously

Question 14

Taxon author

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The person who originally described that taxon

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Homonym

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Same name for different things

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Epithet

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an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of a person or thing mentioned

Question 17

If as pecies is placedin a new genus

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parentheses are used around the authors name

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Number of Taxonomic Levels

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8

Question 19

First 4 Taxonomic Levels

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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class,

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Last 4 Taxonomic Levels

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Order, Family, Genus, Species

Question 21

Modern systematists focus on

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the reasons why particular taxa should be grouped together

Question 22

molecular systematics uses

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proteins, DNA, and RNA

Question 23

stratigraphy

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temporal order in which fossils occur

Question 24

Hennigian systematics objective

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classifications that focus only on shared, derived characteristics

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Hennigian systematics reflects

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ancestor-descendent relationships or shared evolutionary history
among species

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A clade is

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group of organisms related by share derived characteristics from a previous common ancestor

Question 27

Henna’s approach to taxonomy

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cladistics or phylogenetic systematics

Question 28

cladograms

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branching diagrams showing relationships among species

Question 29

Broadest Taxonomic Level

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Kingdom

Question 30

First 4 Taxonomic Ranks

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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class